Category: Testing

Highlight: Consistent checkups are important to eye health

March 25, 2016

This is a great article that points out that it is important to have your eyes checked regularly and that the timing depends on what’s going on with your eyes.  The article makes 2 especially important points about a diagnosis of AMD:

  •  Even though there is no cure yet for AMD,  it’s important to catch it early since there are some ways to slow down the disease.
  • If a person is diagnosed with AMD, it’s a good idea for them to alert their children about it since there is a hereditary component to it.

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Highlight: Patient monitors vision at home & results are sent to the doctor

Feb. 2016

Here’s a Press Release from Notal Vision, Inc., announcing that Medicare will pay for their ForseeHome telemonitoring system for patients who have dry AMD and who are at a high risk for it developing into wet AMD.

The ForseeHome system allows the patient to test their vision daily at home & the results are sent to their retina specialist for monitoring.

Click here to read more about the product.

Here’s a video showing how it works: ForseeHome AMD monitoring