Macular degeneration usually refers to the age-related degenerative changes in the retina that can result in loss of central vision. It is caused by abnormal blood vessel growth (a condition ...

Age is the most significant risk factor for macular degeneration. Being 50 or older increases your chance of developing age-related macular degeneration. Studies have shown that you have a slightly ...

Macular degeneration and cataracts are two different eye conditions that have some shared symptoms, including blurriness and vision loss. The risk for both increases with age. Macular degeneration ...

You may be able to prevent degenerative disc disease (DDD), or limit its effects, by making lifestyle changes to lower your weight, get more exercise, stop smoking, and more. Physical exercise is ...

Myopic macular degeneration (MMD) is a serious eye condition that can cause vision loss that gets worse over time. Treatment may help reduce complications of MMD. Myopic macular degeneration (MMD ...

Macrophages enter to clear the resulting debris. The nerve distal to the injury degenerates in a process known as Wallerian degeneration. [15] A less severe degree of degeneration also occurs in ...

Here we show that TIR-1/dSarm/SARM1, a key regulator of axon degeneration, also inhibits regeneration of injured motor axons. The increased regeneration in tir-1 mutants is not a secondary consequence ...