AMD likely to be more in people with deficient vitamin D status

Posted on August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 by RetinaGlobal

A multi-institutional team reports that vitamin D may play a significant role in eye health, specifically in the possible prevention of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, among women who are more genetically prone to developing the sight-damaging disease. In a paper published in JAMA Ophthalmology online, the team found that women who are deficient in

New drugs in the pipeline target novel pathways for treatment of diabetic retinopathy

Posted on January 18, 2015January 18, 2015 by admin

There is exciting on-going research in the field of treatments for patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). There is a long list of drugs in the pipeline for treating this disease that affects a significant number of people around the world. Pipeline drugs target novel pathways to treat diabetic eye disease. Among promising pipeline drugs