06 Sep Who Needs Eye Vitamins | AREDS and AREDS2
Do you need eye vitamins? Here's why most people do NOT need them!...
Macular Degeneration Tag
27 Feb Signs and Symptoms of Macular Degeneration
Blurry vision and distortion are symptoms of macular degeneration, but can also be caused by other diseases of the retina. How can you tell when you have macular degeneration? ...
17 Feb Do Drusen Diagonse Macular Degeneration?
Drusen are not necessarily diagnostic of macular degeneration. Here's how to determine if your drusen are associated with eye disease. ...
10 Mar What is Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is a common retinal disease which may lead to legal blindness. More specifically, it affects the macula, the portion of the retina which provides central reading vision. Thus, macular degeneration only affects central vision.22 Mar Eye Examination for ARMD: Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration can only be diagnosed when there are symptoms and findings of the disease. Routine examination in normal situations may not be necessary....
06 Dec Eylea As Good As Lucentis
The FDA approved Eylea as a new treatment for wet macular degeneration. Recent reports indicate the drug is similar to Lucentis after the initial year of treatment. Why is this bad news?...
18 Oct October is the AAO Meeting
The American Academy of Ophthalmology starts this week. I will be going to learn about the latest in retinal disease, but also will be teaching...
13 Sep Implantable Telescope is Available!
The first implantable telescope for patients with macular degeneration is now available for those eligible patients. Medicare will endorse as of October, 2011....
08 Sep Avastin Does Not Cause Infection
The FDA issued an alert that 12 cases of intraocular infection were linked to Avastin. The infections; however, were linked to a single pharmacy and, perhaps, dirty syringes....
24 Aug FDA Delays Decision on VEGF Trap Eye
VEGF Trap Eye is another anti-VEGF medication to be injected into the eye for the treatment of wet macular degeneration. The FDA did not approve recently, but will reconsider by November!...