Eye Conditions Archives

Green Tea May Help Protect Vision for Those with Glaucoma and Other Eye Conditions

Substances found in green tea work their way into the tissues of the eye and could protect against common eye diseases like glaucoma, researchers say. The findings, published in the current issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, suggest that the substances, known as catechins, are absorbed by…
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Procyanidins Benefit Microcirculation in Early Diabetic Retinopathy

A 2010 study suggests that pine bark extract (containing procyanidins) may be helpful to diabetics who have early diabetic retinopathy through improved retinal blood flow and lowering swelling edema. About 40-50% of Americans who have been diagnosed with diabetes already have some stage of diabetic retinopathy, according to NIH. Learn…
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Zeaxanthin Can Reduce Chances of Macular Degeneration by 79%

In 2006 research patients with high levels of zeaxanthin in their blood plasma had a 93% lower risk of macular degeneration. Similarly, patients with high total zeaxanthin in lutein in their blood plasma had 79% reduced risk of macular degeneration compared with patients with low total lutein and zeaxanthin in…
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Lowering cataract rate with vitamins C & E

Scientists have found that there is a lower cataract risk as well as lower chance of cataracts becoming more serious in patients who take high levels of vitamin C looking at data from the Nurses' Health Study and the Beaver Dam Study. Other researchers found that the Beaver Dam…
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Killer Carbohydrates & Diabetes

One quarter of Americans over 20 years old have abnormally high glucose levels - which is considered to be pre-diabetic. By the time Americans are 60 or older the percentage rises to 35%. Considering the US population data, as of 2009, about 60,000,000 citizens are pre-diabetic and at very high risk…
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Gene Therapy for Leber’s Disease

In 2009, Dr. Jean Bennett and his team from Albert Maguire of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine injected a benign virus carrying a connected copy of an essential gene into a teenage boy's retina. This patient had lost vision due to a genetic disorder called "Leber's Congenital Amaurosis…
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Low level of antioxidants with exposure to blue light increases risk of macular degeneration, study suggests.

Some cases of age-related macular degeneration may arise from a combination of low plasma levels of antioxidants and exposure to blue light from the sun, a multinational European study suggested. By itself, blue-light exposure had no associations with neovascular or early-stage age-related macular degeneration. However, analysis of blue-light exposure by…
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Soy peptide lunasin has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory properties

Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health conditions as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, and stroke (see also…
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Study: Promising Research on differentiating adult stem cells to replace lost RPE cells for those with Macular Degeneration

Adult stem cells coaxed into differentiating into retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, critical for preserving vision for those with macular degeneration. This study was done in vitro and in vivo following transplantation into the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) dystrophic rat. More research needs to be done to see the…
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New Study Shows Possible Correlation of Low Blood Levels of Melatonin and Higher Risk of Macular Degeneration

After adjustment for the factors of age, smoking, and histories of cancer and coronary heart disease, researchers found that urinary levels of melatonin was 40% lower in AMD patients compared than that of the age-and gender-matched controls. The researchers concluded: "The significance of this result and the role of melatonin in the occurrence…
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