Investigators advised clinicians of the potential for dystrophies that mimic age-related macular degeneration and other ...

Muscle atrophy is the loss of muscle mass. Low physical activity, nutritional deficiencies, genetic factors, and some medical conditions may contribute. Muscle atrophy due to inactivity can occur ...

Methods 162 HM eyes (spherical equivalent ≤ −6.0 dioptres or axial length (AL) ≥26.5 mm) from 98 participants were enrolled, including 60 eyes (37.0%) with tessellated fundus, 54 eyes (33.3%) with ...

Based on the international META-PM classification,20 MMD was defined and classified into five categories (0–4): category 0, no macular lesions; category 1, tessellated fundus only; category 2, diffuse ...

Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. You may have vision loss that happens over time. Here’s what you can expect. With GA, you get blind spots in ...

Postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis, or vaginal atrophy, is the thinning of the walls of the vagina caused by decreased estrogen levels. This most commonly occurs after menopause. Menopause is the ...

The most advanced form of this condition is called geographic atrophy (GA), in which some retinal cells die off. The condition takes its name from the patches of damage on the retina, which can be ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs.

Millions of people across the UK are thought to be living with sight issues or a degenerative eye condition. Three out of four people with a visual impairment are aged over 65, while about 8,000 ...

Genentech and Roche are investigating more than a dozen medicines for neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder ...

In PCA caused by Alzheimer’s disease, it is not clear why the disease affects this part of the brain more so than the areas affected by typical Alzheimer’s, which generally are involved in memory. It ...