Two reading metrics outperform 2 existing reading metrics for determining functional decline in patients with geographic atrophy.

Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

When the nerves are damaged, communication between the nerves and muscles becomes disrupted. This results in significant muscle weakness, atrophy, and loss of function. The majority of neuromuscular ...

But until recently, we haven’t had any therapeutics to target the root cause of geographic atrophy, an advanced form of dry AMD. Pegcetacoplan (Syfovre) is the first FDA-approved drug to slow ...

Geographic atrophy (GA) can be visually confusing. People often tell me that one minute they see something, and the next minute they don’t. For example, the word you’re reading might be “she ...

Stratified analyses indicated that, in CI participants, higher CSF sTREM1 levels were associated with a more accelerated rate of hippocampal atrophy, whereas no such association was observed in CU ...

In a new study from the centre published in Nature Communications, the researchers examined brain atrophy and memory in healthy individuals aged 30 to 89 years. They found increased brain atrophy – ...

Essential amino acids are organic compounds that your body needs to function. You can get them from certain foods. Amino acids, often referred to as the building blocks of proteins, are compounds ...

Credit: Diana Shechtman, OD Sherrol A. Reynolds, OD, FAAO, FNAP, identifies patients who are most at risk for geographic atrophy and provides clinicians with guidance for managing the ...

The drug has already demonstrated efficacy at slowing the growth of lesions in patients with geographic atrophy in a phase 2 trial, the company said. In a statement, David Guyer, M.D., board chair ...