What Is Eylea, and Why Does It Matter? Eylea HD (aflibercept) is an injectable prescription medicine used for treating certain eye conditions that can cause vision loss over time. The FDA has now ...

Eye injections are the only medication currently available to treat diabetes-related retinopathy. Modern eye injections are not painful and don’t cause many side effects. Diabetic retinopathy affects ...

If you have wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) or another disease of the retina, your doctor may recommend treatment with an anti-VEGF drug. VEGF, or vascular endothelial growth factor, is ...

Retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy affect millions of people globally, often leading to vision loss with minimal straightforward treatment.

The thought of receiving an injection in the eye may cause anxiety to many people. Doctors use eye injections to treat certain eye health conditions, such as retinal vein occlusion or diabetic ...

Repeat treatment with corticosteroid injections improved vision in people with persistent or recurrent uveitis-related macular edema better than two other therapies, according to results from a ...

An emerging approach that uses aqueous chlorhexidine to prevent infections after intravitreal injections to deliver drugs into the eye is as effective as the long prevailing method that uses povidone ...

Susvimo is an FDA-approved eye implant for diabetic macular edema that can be refilled every six months instead of requiring monthly injections. Diabetic macular edema affects about 5% to 7% of people ...

Masking during intravitreal anti-VEGF injections was associated with a similar incidence of endophthalmitis compared to not masking, in a large retrospective study. After adjusting for the use of ...