Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - The Untold Story

LED device treats leading cause of vision loss with light therapy, FDA says

The Food and Drug Administration will allow a new device to be marketed as a treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration.

LiveScience

9 nutritious foods for better vision

Who does not want good vision? It is quite an essential part of a high quality of life. A balanced diet rich in certain nutrients can help maintain eye health and prevent conditions like cataracts and macular degeneration. Here are 9 nutritious foods that can help improve our vision.

The Times of India

Judi Dench hints film career might be over after 60 years

Dench suffers from age-related macular degeneration of her eyes and has previously said it impacts her ability to learn scripts

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Maintaining eye health in aging: Strategies for preserving vision as you grow older

As we age, our eyes undergo natural changes that can affect our vision. This can result in conditions like presbyopia, cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Presbyopia, for instance, is the gradual loss of the ability to focus on nearby objects, making it difficult to read or perform close-up tasks. It…

The Times of India

Dame Judi Dench shares devastating health update – and the surprising new tattoo her health struggles helped inspire

Dame Judi Dench has opened up on her age-related macular degeneration getting worse – but vows to push on

Woman & Home

Judi Dench says she can no longer see on film sets

The actor, 88, who has macular degeneration, relies on friends to teach her the script but says, ‘You just deal with it’

The Guardian - UK

Judi Dench admits she cannot see on film sets due to vision loss

The Oscar-winning actress previously revealed she has macular degeneration, which causes the gradual loss of vision.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

People over State Pension age with poor eyesight could be due up to £101 each week

Attendance Allowance could help people with cataract, glaucoma or macular degeneration.

Daily Record

People over State Pension age with eyesight issues could be due up to £407 each month

Attendance Allowance could help if you have an eye condition such as cataract, glaucoma or macular degeneration.

Daily Record

People over State Pension age with eyesight issues could be due up to £407 each month

Attendance Allowance could help if you have an eye condition such as cataract, glaucoma or macular degeneration.

Daily Record

Dry eyes, Myopia and more: 5 reasons you're getting these eye problems

The prevalence of non-communicable eye diseases is rising worldwide, especially in India. According to the findings of several worldwide research, Indians have a greater chance of developing diabetes and glaucoma-related vision issues, including total blindness. It is essential that eye disorders are identified early and the appropriate preventative measures are…

The Times of India

Judi Dench, 88, reveals she's now completely unable to read scripts due to illness

Having first revealed her diagnosis in 2012, James Bond star Judi Dench has admitted that her advanced macular degeneration is really impacting her ability to be independent

Daily Mirror

Dame Judi Dench can no longer read scripts because of failing eyesight

Wales Online

Macular diseases cause blindness and treatment costs millions. Here is how to look after yours

The single most expensive drug for the Australian government today, costing more than A$400 million per year, is one called aflibercept. It stops the growth and “leakiness” of blood vessels, and is given to treat a range of different eye diseases. These diseases have one thing in common: they all…

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The New Daily

When blindness is a clue to bigger problems

People with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage.

Liverpool Echo

The condition has severely impacted the actress' vision and career

Daily Mirror

Poorer eyesight as you get older 'could be an early warning sign of heart disease'

The study's findings provide hope opticians on our high streets could screen for the disease and ultimately prevent cardiac arrests among those affected by the eye condition

Dynamite News

Health: Blinding Eye Disease Is Linked With Heart Disease And Stroke, Suggests Research

According to a recent study from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, patients with a particular type of age-related macular degeneration (shoppingmode AMD), the main cause of blindness in the United States. Read on for details:

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

What is macular degeneration? Judi Dench's eye condition stops her reading scripts

Oscar winner Dame Judi Dench cannot read scripts anymore due to the eye condition know as macular degeneration. Here is a guide for how to best spot the symptoms, and why regular eye tests are so important

Evening Standard

Judi Dench refuses to quit acting despite struggling to read or write due to macular degeneration

The legendary actress has an advanced stage of the condition, which impairs vision

The New Daily

New supplement works better at slowing macular degeneration

New research shows that the much safer AREDS2 supplement works better at slowing the progress of age-related macular degeneration.

Benzinga

Important Biotech Catalysts For September 14, 2022 - End Of The Day Summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for the development of TRACON’s (NASDAQ:TCON) lead asset envafolimab (KN035) for patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) and myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) who have progressed on one or two prior lines of chemotherapy. TRACON shares…

Benzinga

Recap Of Tuesday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced top-line results from the global Phase 3 CodeBreaK 200 trial evaluating once daily oral LUMAKRAS (sotorasib) in patients with KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the study met primary endpoint. Amgen shares traded in a range of $238.29 to $240.31 on day volume of 2.43 million shares, closed regular…

Benzinga

Recap Of Wednesday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorization (CMA) to BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s (NASDAQ:BMRN) lead asset ROCTAVIAN (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) gene therapy for the treatment of severe hemophilia A (congenital Factor VIII deficiency) in adult patients. BioMarin shares traded as high as 2.28 percent, in a range of $91.39 to $93.68…

Zenger

Scientists Discover Genetic Clues That Can Lead To Better Treatment For Blindness-Causing Conditions

Better treatments for an eye condition that can cause blindness are a major step closer after scientists discovered genetic clues that show who has it.

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

US Food and Drug Administration

Apellis Pharmaceuticals

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.