04 Aug Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for Macular Degeneration, Obsolete?
Photodynamic therapy for macular degeneration is still a viable treatment....
Photodynamic therapy for macular degeneration is still a viable treatment....
Systemic Avastin may be useful for treatment of exudative macular degeneration....
Fluorescein angiography is the mainstay of diagnostic testing for macular degeneration....
In article released in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers describe a combination of brachytherapy and intravitreal injections of Avastin to treat patients with choroidal neovascularization from ARMD (the so-called "wet" form of the disease). In this prospective, randomized trial, 34 patients were treated with...
Eating more omega-3 polyunsaturated fat, such as that found in fish, may prevent the development of macular degeneration. I have posted on this before. No need to click back, but the highlights were; eating one serving a week of fish, thereby increasing omega-3's and decreasing...
Self monitoring is the best way to prevent visual loss in macular degeneration. The Amsler grid is very useful....
Dexamethsone steroid device has immediate implications for the treatment of diabetic macular edema....
Macular degeneration, or ARMD, is one of the more common diseases seen by a retina specialist. It is usually a disease of the elderly, and with the "baby-boomers" aging, the prevalence continues to rise. There is a lot of "misinformation" regarding macular degeneration. So, here...
The data, including patient records, from the largest prospective study of macular degeneration is now "open source." The Age Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) was completed in 2001. It followed over 4000 patients for at least five years looking at factors that influence the development...
Vitamin supplements may decrease prevalence of ARMD. Homocysteine levels decreased as well....