The Eye Care Blog

Researchers concluded that eating yellow and green vegetables may help people aged 60 and older avoid age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
They have conducted a new study of some 4,500 people aged 60-80 who were screened for age-related macular degeneration, which hampers central vision.

Human embryonic stem cell can repair damaged retinas and cure blindness, according to a British study.

Novartis AG’s Lucentis drug against wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) received a recommendation from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for use on the National Health Service.

A health trust has saved a couple from taking the agonising decision of which one of them should go blind.

A revolutionary stem cell treatment developed by British scientists could restore sight in the blind. The transplants could transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of Britons who have lost their sight.

People usually do not realise the importance of looking after the eyes properly.

The Flying Eye Hospital, operated by the US-based Orbis International, landed at Da Nang Airport on Saturday, beginning a two-week stopover in the central city.

The results of two large, randomized clinical trials published October 5, 2006, in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate that the drug ranibizumab (Lucentis) is an effective treatment for neovascular macular degeneration, a complication of age-related macular degeneration that leads to the vast majority of legal blindness associated with the disorder.

The message that good nutrition and supplement intake can support eye health will now be part of professional development for optometrists through American Optometric Association (AOA) instruction forums.

Age-related macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of irreversible visual impairment and blindness in people, aged 60 and older is another ill effect of smoking, recent study says.