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Age Related Macular Degeneration News

Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Dim Light Vision Test To Detect AMD Early
Australian researchers have developed a new technique called dim light vision test to detect age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in their country. Using stan...

New Laser Therapy Can Reverse Long-Sightedness Within 5 Minutes!
Millions of people suffering from long-sightedness will soon be able to ditch their spectacles, thanks to a pioneering technique. The new treatment - corneal inlay - that takes only five...

Targeted Photodynamic Therapy Offers Hope for Skin Cancer Patients
The latest research by UK and Swiss scientists has concluded that targeted photodynamic therapy could completely eradicate some models of cancer. The team linked light-sensitive molecule...

Vitamin D may Prevent Vision Loss in AMD Patients
Elderly women under the age of 75 years who suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) could prevent vision loss by taking Vitamin D. More than 1,300 women were observed by research...

Expanding Waistlines Increase AMD Risk
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) leading to vision loss is linked with increasing girth in men, report researchers at the University of Melbourne. The researchers tracked changes in th...

Drug and Laser Therapy Could be Revolutionized by Flexible, Implantable LEDs
It has emerged that bendy, stretchy and biocompatible arrays of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and photodetectors would soon be used to light inside the body to activate drugs or moni...

Early AMD Precipitated With Smoking, Cholesterol Levels
A new insight has pointed out that early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is connected to risk factors, like smoking and low levels of high-density lipoprotein. The condition ...

Researchers Caution That Laser Therapy May Worsen Skin Cancer
Researchers have cautioned that high irradiances of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) can worsen skin cancer. Thus, this should not be used over melanomas. Researchers from Bergen Universit...

Laser Therapy Helps Alleviate Chronic Neck Pain: Study
A non-invasive, cold form of laser treatment can help people suffering from chronic neck pain, a condition that affects up to one person in four, a study published online by The Lancet said ...

Cataract Surgery may Benefit AMD Patients at All Stages
A national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to benefit patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at all stages of the disease, a clinical trial showing that the steroid...

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