Tag: macular degeneration

A miniature telescope, which can be implanted in the eye, might help the blind see—assuming it passes clinical trials. Remember how Galileo could see through his telescope, even when he had a degenerative eye disease? Now imagine inserting a miniature telescope directly in the eyeball—that’s exactly how VisionCare Inc. plans on restoring sight for people […]

Read her Life Story below: Edythe Piccione is a young at heart senior citizen and a professional artist. Edythe has been painting for 28 years, and five years ago she was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. Edythe was worried she would not be able to paint the same way again. Piccione read about Dr. Scott Hearing’s […]

Eating a diet rich in leafy vegetables, nuts and fish and low in starchy carbohydrates appears to lower risk for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over 50. The findings, published this month in the journal Ophthalmology, is the first to calculate the combined effect of certain dietary nutrients… […]

Macular degeneration primarily affects people who are 65 years of age or older. This eye disease is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for people in this age bracket. With the baby boomers hitting their golden years in an ever increasing amount, this is causing doctors to diagnose more and more cases of […]

Legally blind, Lucy McAdams vision is lost but she is still able to see the bright spots of life. Through her self-painted greeting cards, she escaped her personal darkness and now hopes that her accomplishments can serve as an example to others with disabilities to not give up. When McAdams first lost all her center […]