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B Vitamins Against Female Blindness
in Well Woman Blog, on February 24, 2009
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B Vitamins (combination of folic acid, and vitamins B6 and B12) may reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in women by 34 per cent.
Such were the findings of a randomised, double-blind clinical trial involving 5,442 women age ...
Eat Oily Fish For Eyesight Protection
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Miranda Salia
Yet again, here is another study finding providing evidence that consumption of oily fish at least once a week may protect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the leading cause of poor vision and blindness in our old age.
The main...
Reducing Intake of Refined Carbs May Delay Progression of AMD
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 31, 2007
AMD or age-related macular degeneration is an eye condition that develops with age often leading to partial or total blindness .
Now, according to researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA human nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University , Eating fewer refined carbohydrates may ...
Antioxidants Won't Stop Age-related Macular Degeneration
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 12, 2007
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative eye disease which is the leading cause of blindness in older people.
While antioxidants have always been associated in the prevention and delay of some serious conditions, especially cancer - because antioxidants scavenge free-radical...
Consumption of High-Glycemix-Index Foods Increases Risk of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 12, 2007
The quality of carbohydrates that you consume is linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the vision loss that goes with the condition.
What quality of carbohydrates? Glycemic Index will make the difference, it is a scale applied to foods based on how quickly the carbohydrates ...
Zinc Found Associated to Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 30, 2007
Age-related macular degeneration or AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly in the developed world.
AMD is a form of macular disease that affects the eye's central retina and afflicts millions of people (30 percent of them over 75 years old) in the United States alone.
It ...
Employers brace for age-related lawsuits
in Sox First, on February 26, 2007
Get ready for a spate of age related law suits, warns this report . It's said to be an inevitable result of an ageing Workforce . Even those companies that don't think they discriminate might be vulnerable, say the lawyers. If they're right, it's a real worry. With the f...
March Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 16, 2007
As March being the AMD (age-related macular degeneration ) Awareness Month , the American Academy of Ophthalmology is reminding people that even though there is no cure to AMD , there are current treatments that can recover vision loss (further preventing blindness) and that early detec...