Posted by admin on July 5, 2010
Some very well designed and rigorous Australian research has found that to avoid eye health problems as you get older you’ll want to be eating lots of fish, olive oil and nuts, while avoiding those tasty (but troublesome) trans fats.What these foods all have in common is they contain healthy fats, and these are thought [...]
Posted by admin on November 6, 2009
As we grow old, we are prone to a serious eye disease, namely, Macular Degeneration, also called Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). This disease can lead to very serious vision loss with little side vision. Some studies have revealed that choroids Neovascularization is responsible for this problem.In fact, there are two kinds of AMD, namely, dry [...]
Posted by admin on September 12, 2009
Low vision specialists in Florida are ophthalmologists who are trained and specialize in the treatment of eye diseases that result in low vision such as cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Treatment varies depending on the type and nature of the disease; cataracts are usually corrected with surgery, but when it comes to macular degeneration, devices [...]
Posted by admin on September 8, 2009
Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is a progressive, degernative condition of the center of the eye’s retina, which is called the macula. 90% of the time, this is caused by the thinning and shriveling of the macula, where the ganglia of the optic nerves for central vision are located. This type of macular degeneration is [...]