Low Vision Info

TV Glasses – Distance Magnifiers Just as there are magnifiers for close-up activities like reading, needlework, or wood carving, so are there magnifiers for distance activities like watching TV, going to the movies, or attending a sporting event. Color and Clarity Not surprisingly the most common pastime activity for those with macular degeneration is watching […]

I received a recent response from one of our readers of Macular Degeneration News after sending out a newsletter about a not so well known, but not uncommon symptom of advanced macular degeneration. Soon after reading about this symptom, the reader experienced it herself, but was grateful for the advanced knowledge so as not to […]

My husband’s father has wet age related macular degeneration (AMD) as did several of my father-in-law’s siblings. As most of you know macular degeneration runs in families. While we can’t change the genes we’ve inherited we can influence the expression of these genes through nutrition and lifestyle. One area that seems to influence the development […]

The two most common forms of age related macular degeneration (AMD) are dry (non-exudative) and wet (exudative) AMD. People who have wet AMD, which causes more severe loss of central vision, had the dry form first. This is why researchers are looking at ways to treat dry AMD to prevent it from progressing to wet […]

Have you been diagnosed with macular degeneration, Stargardt’s Disease, diabetic retinopathy, a macular hole or another type of retinal condition? Did you know that there are medical doctors, ophthalmologists, who specialize in the treatment of retinal diseases and conditions? What is the difference between an optometrist, an ophthalmologist and a retina doctor? An optometrist has […]

Cataracts: What They Are and How to Treat Them   Cataracts affect more than fifty percent of Americans over the age of 65. Age related blindness is commonly attributed to the clouding of the lens.  The way your eyes function is through a lens which acts as a “camera” and then captures an image in […]

Advanced aged related macular degeneration (AMD) is the last stage of macular degeneration. What does that mean? It means that there is no longer any treatment that can correct or cure one’s vision loss. Vision loss at this stage is a severe loss of straight ahead vision in both eyes. A black or gray spot, […]

For those of you who are new to the vision world of macular degeneration, the two most common types of age related macular degeneration (AMD)  are dry AMD and wet AMD. The reason for the use of the words “dry” and “wet”  is that in the wet form, tiny capillaries start growing under the macula, […]

Perhaps you or someone close to you has recently received a diagnosis of age related macular degeneration (AMD).  Depending on the eye doctor, an explanation of this retinal disease was very brief or perhaps the diagnosis was so overwhelming it was difficult to hear anything else that was said. I remember when my father-in-law was […]

Awareness of macular degeneration is increasing as the baby boomer population continues to age. In generations long ago, family members knew that grandma or grandpa had lost some of their vision, but they didn’t know why there was loss of vision or the name of the eye disease.  Now thanks to years of research and […]