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  • New Anti-MacD Vitamin


    Optical News from OpticalCEUs — Authority Authority: 125
    More than 400 retina specialists have started a new company to manufacture a macular health eye vitamin called Focus MaculaPro . The company is called Covalent Medical, LLC. The vitamin, whose formula was used in the AREDS eye vitamin study, is  less expensive than other eye vitamins. Its manufactured in a facility ...
    3 days ago

  • StemCells, Inc. Receives FDA Authorization for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Clinical Trial


    CRWE NEWS Financial Stock Market Website — Authority Authority: 135
     NEWARK, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012 (CRWENEWSWIRE) — StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial of the Company’s proprietary HuCNS-SC(R) product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) in dry ...
    1 week ago

  • Baby Boomer and Senior Citizen News Update about Macular Degeneration Awareness Month


    SandwichINK.com — Authority Authority: 110
    Like Eyesight and aging eye changes can definitely be an issue for the whole Sandwich Generation family – from grandtots in eyeglasses to senior parents facing cataract surgery . And one that is especially concerning to me personally, and perhaps to many of you, is Macular Degeneration .  Since this is ...
    1 week ago

  • Human stem cell therapy works in blind patients in first trial


    Innovation Toronto — Authority Authority: 475
    The breakthrough holds out the hope of a cure in the future for age-related macular degeneration Scientists have improved the sight of two people who were almost blind by injecting their eyes with stem cells from embryos. The two women, both registered as blind, saw their vision improve in a matter of weeks after ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Aspirin During Pregnancy May Cause Asthma, Says Study | Modern …


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    Aspirin can be found on the site youtube.com, for examples: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUXHaN6hR3M Evidence linking asthma and acetaminophen among infants and children is growing, according to a recent article in the New York Times. Pediatric pulmonologist Colorado Springs experts, who treat infants and children ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Vitamin D improves eye sight of elderly


    Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority Authority: 163
    Vitamin D supplements could significantly improve the sight of elderly people, a study indicates.
    3 weeks ago

  • Vitamin D helps (more than) 3 (nearly) blind mice see


    FierceBiotech Research — Authority Authority: 109
    Somewhere in the U.K., lots of older mice can see better, thanks, apparently, to a 6-week dose of vitamin D. Researchers at the Institute of Ophthalmology at University College London found those geriatric mice enjoyed better vision and a reduction of inflammation in their retinas. Vitamin D also helped reduce the ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Grapes can stave off age-related blindness


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 506
    Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) Eating grapes seem to slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide.AMD is a progressive eye condition, leading to the deterioration of the centre of the retina, called the macula, a leading cause of ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Blood Pressure Numbers are Important in Macular Degeneration


    ccartstudio.com — Authority Authority: 126
    The vascular system plays a key roll in the health of the eye because it has a rich supply of blood vessels. The greatest rate of blood exchange takes place daily in the eye so the link between high blood pressure and age related macular degeneration is a subject of on going research. High blood pressure has been ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Best Macular Degeneration Supplements And Its Nutrients


    ccartstudio.com — Authority Authority: 126
    The best macular degeneration supplements contain nutrients that have been recommended by The National Eye Institute. These supplements contain copper, zinc, vitamin E and vitamin C that successfully help the person fight AMD –a specific permanent blindness after the age of 55 that affects human beings. It is ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Daily Aspirin Use Linked to Wet Macular Degeneration


    Eye Care, Eye Surgery and Vision Correction Blog — Authority Authority: 92
    Seniors who use aspirin daily may be twice as likely to develop an advanced type of age-related macular degeneration , compared to seniors who use the drug less frequently. Daily aspirin users may be more vulnerable to developing wet macular degeneration (also called “wet AMD”). Wet AMD is generally less common ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Grapes Could Stave Off Mac-D


    Optical News from OpticalCEUs — Authority Authority: 125
    "In some people, eating grapes might slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration, a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide, says the California Table Grape Commission, citing a new study," reports the Central Valley Business Times . "The antioxidant actions of ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Grapes Could Help Prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration


    Health Blog — Authority Authority: 103
    Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration, a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results from a study suggest this might be the case. The antioxidant actions of grapes are believed to [...]
    4 weeks ago

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