Based on the scientific progress achieved in the past few years, it is possible that patients with myopic macular degeneration complicated by CNV may benefit from a new ophthalmic frontier of ...

Finally, myopic macular degeneration (MMD) may be the most concerning risk of epidemic nearsightedness. This degeneration of the central retina often causes legal blindness in young, healthy ...

Various studies have shown the benefits of sunlight on reducing the progression of myopia in young children. Suarez cites one study in particular: Of more than 700 schoolchildren in Taiwan, ...

This abnormality increases the risk for cataracts, detached retina, glaucoma and myopic macular degeneration, all of which can lead to loss of vision, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

This therapy has been applied for AMD patients and, in the future will be used more diffusely for myopic CNV. In general, the first ocular anti-VEGF agent is pegaptanib sodium (OSI/Eyetech ...