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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Acucela and Otsuka the Fast Track designation for their new oral medication intended to treat dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Researchers have found a relationship between anti-depressant use and an increased risk of developing cataracts. A recent study found a statistical relationship between a diagnosis of cataracts? or...

Uveitis, an inflammation of the eye's middle layer of tissue, is responsible for about 10 percent of blindness in the United States. And smoking may increase the risk of contracting uveitis.

Women who are using or who had used Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) have higher rates of cataract removal than women who have never used HRT. This was the finding of an eight-year study of more t...

Predominantly considered a disease of the eye, scientists have discovered that the first signs of injury in glaucoma actually take place in the brain. The details of the discovery are in this we...

A researcher has discovered the process which causes retinal cells to die causing blindness in diabetic patients. It has long been known that high blood sugar levels from diabetes damage blood vess...

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. has filed a request with the FDA to test a treatment for macular degeneration. Advanced Cell would be conducting the clinical trial with the Foundation Fighting Blind...

Researchers have mapped five types of light receptors in a chicken's eye. What researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discovered is that the receptors were laid out in...

3D movies are making a huge comeback these days. Moviegoers flocked to the blockbuster "Avatar" and were dazzled by the 3D images. However, for a small percentage of people, 3D movies can be a real...