Here are the best and worst foods for macular degeneration. Prime Women Media. ... sweet potatoes, oranges, peppers, and even pumpkins. These all give you vitamins A, C, and E, which may help.

Sanofi’s SAR446597 earns fast track designation in the US for geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration Designation earned for a one-time intravitreal gene therapy designed to inhibit ...

New research shows that eating this tasty snack daily can help protect against the leading cause of vision loss in older adults, while also giving your overall health a boost.

National Eye Institute, which conducted the study. "This is an exciting discovery," Sieving said. The study involved daily doses of tablets containing vitamins C, E and beta-carotene plus zinc ...

October 1, 2012 — Lutein and zeaxanthin supplementation could improve early functional abnormalities of the central retina in patients with early age-related macular degeneration (AMD ...

ROACH: My eye doctor has recommended the consumption of alcohol to treat my macular degeneration. I was recommended to consume one drink once daily. Please give me your advice on this treatment.

For reference, the daily recommended amount of magnesium is 400 to 420 mg per day for adult men and 310 to 320 mg for women, but more is needed for those who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

An FDA advisory panel recommended Thursday that Genentech Inc.'s eye drug Lucentis be approved for some diabetes patients who have lost their sight. An FDA advisory panel recommended Thursday that ...

Knowing the risk factors of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and consulting an ophthalmologist or optometrist can help to maintain vision, says Hasenin Al-khersan, MD.

Macular degeneration happens with age, when the macula, at the center of the retina — “the part of the eye that sees the world for us,” Dr. Vlad Diaconita, a retinal and vitreoretinal ...