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Vitamin B and Folic Acid May Lower Risk of AMD

B & Folic Acid | B6, B12 & Folic Acid | Homocysteine Vitamin B & Folic Acid A team of Harvard researchers found that women who took a combination of folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 had a 35% to 40% lower risk of developing age related macular degeneration (AMD)…
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Obesity Increases Risk of Macular Degeneration

AMD associated with higher Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Waist-Hip Ratio People with early or intermediate stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) make up a large and growing segment the elderly population. Researchers interested in identifying preventative measures to help this group lessen their risk of advanced AMD conducted…
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Statin Drugs May Cause Eye Disorders in Some

Eye disorders related to statins are rare, occurring in about 0.1 percent of patients (0.5 to 2.5 percent when gemfibrozil, another type of cholesterol-lowering drug, is taken simultaneously) but had not been systematically reported prior to the study led by F.W. Fraunfelder, MD, of the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon…
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Cataract Surgery Does Not Increase Risk of AMD

Cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are both leading causes of blindness in the United States, but scientists have been uncertain if the two diseases may be linked. Researchers have just completed a study to assess the risk of developing AMD after cataract surgery. 4,477 participants in the Age-Related Eye…
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Vitamins E and B May Slow Lens Opacity

Long-term use of vitamin E supplements, as well as increased intake of riboflavin (vitamin B2) and/or thiamin (vitamin B1), may help reduce the progression of age-related lens opacification. Lens opacification (or clouding) is caused by the disruption of the transmission of light through the eye lens due to damage to…
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Meso-Zeaxanthin Aids Eyes

Lutein and zeaxanthin have been well researched as being essential nutrients in both helping to prevent the onset of macular degeneration as well as helping protect vision for those with macular degeneration. People with macular degeneration have been shown to have reduced macular pigment optical density (MPOD). Meso-zeaxanthin is the third…
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Antioxidant-Rich Diet May Protect Against Eye Disease

FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Eating plenty of antioxidant-rich food such as blueberries, artichokes and pecans may help protect against macular degeneration, the leading cause of age-related blindness in the United States and other developed countries. U.S. researchers found that antioxidants disrupt a link between two processes in the…
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Sunlight and lack of antioxidants increases risk of age-related eye disease

It is generally accepted among health providers that sunlight, blue light in the visible spectrum, are contributing factors to the development of macular degeneration - and use of wrap around sunglasses, amber in color, is the foremost recommendation for macular degeneration patients. Researchers have further determined that blue light entering…
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Prism Eyeglasses May Help Improve Vision of Patients with Hemianopia

Hemianopia is a blindness in one half of the visual field due to damage of the optic pathways in the brain. This damage can result from brain injuries caused by stroke, tumor or trauma. A patient with hemianopia may be unaware of what he or she cannot see and may…
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WNT Signaling Protein May Play Key Role in Glaucoma

A new study demonstrates that increased protein expression (DNA to RNA to polypeptide to protein) of the protein sFRP-1 may be a causal factor for higher IOP in patients with glaucoma. This protein inhibits that capacity of cells to signal properly. Researchers found this result by analyzing eye tissue from…
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