My vision has worsened since my diabetes came under better control: understanding early worsening of diabetic retinopathy You’ve…
Key points Posterior vitreous detachment is a natural part of the eye’s ageing process: the gel that fills…
Ozempic, Wegovy and vision: what the research actually says No, there is no reason to stop Ozempic or…
The European medicines committee issued a positive opinion on Susvimo on 24 July 2026 — a reservoir implanted in the eye that releases ranibizumab continuously and brings injections down to two refills a year. What the comparison with monthly injections really shows about vision, and the price paid in ocular complications.
On 22 July 2026, Science Corporation announced CE marking for PRIMA, a 2-millimetre chip implanted beneath the retina that allows patients with advanced dry AMD to read letters again. The PRIMAvera trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, reports a clinically meaningful improvement in 26 of 32 patients at twelve months. The widely quoted figure of 25 letters comes from the manufacturer press release and describes only the patients who responded.
An autograft of the macula and anterior segment, from one eye to the other, has restored partial vision to an Italian patient. What was actually transplanted, and why the technique cannot be transposed to AMD.
Solar retinopathy is a photochemical burn of the photoreceptors at the centre of the retina. Nothing is felt at the time; symptoms appear hours later, and modern imaging has changed what we know about the prognosis.
Multifocal lens with AMD or glaucoma: can I still have one? You have early AMD or glaucoma, and…
A thin layer of scar tissue forming over the macula, the epiretinal membrane distorts central vision and makes straight lines appear wavy. Symptoms, diagnosis and management, especially after 60.
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