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News: July 19, 2016
- Coping
- Do you belong to a support group? What can they do for you.
- FAQs about glaucoma Did you know that one of the side effects of the injections for wet AMD is increased eye pressure which can lead to glaucoma?
- Research
- Laboratory success (ie, tested on mice only) in preventing damage to the RPEs and thus preventing AMD with 2 drugs that are on the market for other uses. The next step will be to get a patent for the 2-drug treatment and then start the pre-clinical trials followed by the clinical trials.
Sue’s New Page 7/19/2016
How much time do you have on your hands especially if you are dealing with low vision? How do you decide what to do with that time? Sue gives us some advice from DBT.
News: July 18, 2017
- Coping
- JulEYE is the perfect time to check your vision. Article that says “The fact we’ve got something available to keep these people seeing is wonderful because eight or nine years ago we had nothing available.”
- Nutrition
News: July 17, 2016
- Research
- Why are patients being denied cutting-edge therapy in the US?
- From the Macular Degeneration Foundation: “Exclusive Online Videos Featuring World’s Leading Eye Researchers” https://macularnews.org/The Macular Degeneration Foundation puts out a quarterly newsletter which I highly recommend. You can request a printed one or you can download a text version or a interactive version. When you click on the link below, you’ll find an option that says ‘follow’.
News: July 16, 2016
- Nutrition
- Risk Factors
- Research
Sue’s New Page 7/16/2016
It’s no secret at this point that Sue is a social creature. She has many friends, several places where she works and two or three exercise classes that she attends each week. These are her priorities and sometimes she has to go to people with demands to help fulfill them. How does she keep from this becoming a problem?
News: July 15, 2016
- Coping
- Research
- Technology
- Nutrition
News: July 14, 2016
- Technology
- Research
- Interview with Doug Oliver whose vision was improved through stem cell surgery. This is the man who is working with Congress to make stem cell therapy more available. Article calls AMD ‘rare’.
News: July 13, 2016
- Nutrition
- Technology
- Research
- Research into use of medications for osteoporosis and wet AMD
- There are 2 questions asked and answered. Ironically, the first question talks about osteoporosis and possible need for medication (see the link above this one about meds used for osteoporosis & wet AMD). The second question is about AMD.
- Visual acuity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain
- Using a virus to deliver opsins (light-sensitive proteins) to photoreceptors to restore vision
My Macular Degeneration Journal 