Tag: macular degeneration

Wouldn’t it be great to know what environmental factors or what genes contributed to the development of age related macular degeneration (AMD)? My husband and I are helping to find the answers to these questions by being participants in the Genetics of Age-Related Maculopathy (GARM II) study at Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University […]

As a registered nurse who loves to educate others on health and wellness, it is so refreshing to find physicians who are interested in disease prevention. Several ophthalmologists have written books on nutrition and/or macular degeneration. They are Dr. Stephen Pratt, the author of Superfoods RX, Dr. Michael A. Samuel, the author of Macular Degeneration: […]

For all of you who missed the webinar, here is a video of the presentation: http://youtu.be/Wkxme5JKdSQ “Make it Happen with Low Vision Technology- Practical Applications for Daily Living” will be presented by Kathy Foster and Janet Bernhardt CLVT, TVI. Kathy and Janet are co-owners of Low Vision, Etc., located in Monroe, Louisiana. Low Vision, Etc., […]

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, […]

Did you know that our eyes have internal “sunglasses?”  Known as the macular pigment (MP), this yellow pigmented spot is found in the center of the retina known as the macula.  Made up of two carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, the MP plays a critical role in protecting the macula from harmful blue light and in […]

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 […]

Macular degeneration and stem cell research is in its infancy – as is most stem cell research. However, there has been some progress to report in humans .  And even though the progress is quite small, it is still ground breaking. A  bio-tech company called Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) has its principal laboratory and GMP […]

The two “best friends” for those with macular degeneration are magnifiers and lights. But when we think of a magnifier, we usually think of the traditional large round magnifying glass with a handle that can be used to enlarge the words of what we are reading or perhaps to see a photograph or picture more […]

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 […]

Why are antioxidants so important in the world of macular degeneration? Whether you have been diagnosed with the early stages of this retinal disease, trying to prevent it or have advanced AMD, antioxidants play an important role in the macula  – a very tiny spot in the center of our retina that gives us that […]