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  • AAO Appeals to Congress About Eye Care

    Over 350 ophthalmologists met with Congress on Thursday, Apr. 26, with the hope to raise awareness about contemporary threats to eye care. They intended to express the need for dialogue on eye disease prevention, and treatment for millions of Americans suffering from vision loss. The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) stood before Congress and said […]

  • Researchers Reach New Breakthrough in Geographic Atrophy

    Researchers at the University of Kentucky, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have reached a breakthrough regarding geographic atrophy, related to dry age-related macular degeneration. Geographic atrophy, or GA, is an as-of-yet untreatable affliction resulting from the death of retinal pigmented epithelial cells, or RPE cells. GA is a widespread cause of blindness that has affected […]

  • Cigarette Companies Should Put Blindness Warning On Packets

    Cigarette companies could do smokers a world of good by ensuring that packets contain a message about the enhanced risk of seeing impairment to those who light up, according to the Press Association. Professor Andrew Lotery said in the article that people who smoke face four times the risk of coming down with age-related macular […]

  • ACT Eye Trials Begin Dosing Third Patient

    Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT) has announced it is dosing its third patient in a clinical study which utilizes retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells taken from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to find a treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, currently in its Phase I/II trial stage, began on Jan. 20 of […]

  • Novartis Fights Use of Low-Cost Option that Rival Its AMD-Fighting Lucentis Drug

    Novartis is fighting against the use of a low-cost drug option, which rival its Lucentis eye medication, in various portions of Britain, reported Reuters. Lucentis brings in annualized sales worth around $2bn and is an age-related mascular degeneration (AMD) medication that is recommended by the National institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in Britain, according […]

  • AMD Cases on the Rise as Life Expectancy Rates Climb

    Instances of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are on the rise as people live longer than they did in previous generations, reported The Times of India recently. Retina Foundation of Ahmedabad Founder and Chairman Dr. Pran Nagpal was cited in the report as saying at a macular symposium that AMD cases will rise as age expectancies […]

  • ‘Vitamin See’ Diet Can Help People See

    Five hundred thousand adults in the UK are living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that afflicts one-tenth of those older than 66 and close to one-third of those older than 75, reported the Daily Mail. According to the article, AMD damages the macula, which is in the retina, so as to render every […]

  • ‘Protect Ohio’s Aging Eyes Month’ Sounds Alarm Over Macular Degeneration Risks

    April has been designated “Protect Ohio’s Aging Eyes Month” by the Ohio Department of Aging, according to an article on Cincinnati.com. Over the course of the month, there will be an strong focus on educating Ohioans about age-related eye conditions, such as macular degeneration, and how these conditions can adversely impact sufferers. According to the […]

  • Test Results From £50,000 Occular Coherance Tomography Machine Helps Former Fire Chief Save Vision

    Former fire chief Dennis Mee, 78, of Solihull, England, can credit a spanking new piece of equipment for not only detecting signs of wet macular degeneration, but also enabling him to seek vision-saving medical attention. According to a report in the Birmingham Mail, Mee was the first person to be tested with the £50,000 Occular […]

  • People Can Ward Off or Manage Macular Degeneration with Right Diet, Lifestyle

    People who want to be more proactive on the eye health front should think long and hard about things such as what they put on their plates during mealtime, according to the Calgary Herald recently. The report cited Dr. Sonja Hagemann, who works at Market Mall Eye Care, as saying that certain foods can actually […]

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