Age Related Macular Degeneration

Author: Gui-Shuang Ying
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9533078642
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the developed countries. In the past decade, great progress has been made in understanding the pathobiology and genetics of this blinding disease, as well as in finding new therapies for its treatment. These include the discovery of several genes that are associated with the risk of AMD, new anti-VEGF treatments for wet AMD and new imaging techniques to diagnose and monitor the AMD. All chapters in this book were contributed by outstanding research scientists and clinicians in the area of AMD. I hope this timely book will provide the basic scientists and clinicians with an opportunity to learn about the recent advances in the field of AMD.

Webvision

Author: Helga Kolb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too!

Author: Alan N. McClain
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 1634135075
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 119

Book Description
How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too! empowers you to: Learn how you can turn back the early stages of macular degeneration with a daily regimen of healthy foods, exercise and quality rest, selected supplemental vitamins, and amber sunglasses -- affordable and easy! Feel great every day with more energy, better vision, and a very positive view on life! See how your vision improves. Boost your daily energy levels and radiate happiness to those around you -- see how it all can be attained in this easy way, reachable and in a low cost manner. Enjoy higher vitality, with energy to pursue your interests and a happier way of life. This can inspire those around you to achieve the same. Learn to avoid unhealthy foods, bad habits, and sun exposure that can harm your eyesight. Experience improved vision.

Out of the Corner of My Eye

Author: Nicolette P. Ringgold
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 0891288317
Category : Dégénérescence maculaire
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
Ms. Ringgold's personal account of sudden vision loss and her subsequent adjustment is full of practical advice and cheerful encouragement. It's told by the 87-year-old retired college teacher who maintained her independence and zest for life. Readers will get an enlightening perspective into her initial reactions, the ongoing accommodations one must make to loss of vision, and ways to continue one's activities both indoors and out. This newly reissued version brings the information up to date, and an extensive resource section and listing of available services complete this essential guide.

Eat Right for Your Sight

Author: Jennifer Trainer Thompson
Publisher: The Experiment
ISBN: 1615192492
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Safeguard your vision with 85 simple, satisfying recipes rich in the nutrients that fight macular degeneration The Bad News: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of central vision loss in adults over the age of fifty. It can wreak havoc on the ability to see faces, read, drive, and move about safely. Millions of people are at risk, and we still don’t have a cure. The Good News: The latest research suggests that healthy lifestyle choices, including a diet rich in lutein, zeaxanthin, and other key nutrients, can delay the onset and progress of AMD. Eat Right for Your Sight provides a delicious way to add the best ingredients for eye health to every meal of the day. Feast your eyes on these appealing recipes: Sweet Pea Guacamole Chicken-Vegetable Noodle Bowls Garlic-Lime Pork Chops Carrot-Ginger Juice . . . and more! Every recipe includes comprehensive nutrition information and has been carefully crafted to act like medicine but not taste like it. Taking care of your eyes has never been easier! With Recipes from Lidia Bastianich, Ina Garten, Jacques Pépin , Alice Waters, Andrew Weil, MD, and other superstars of healthy cooking.

Optical Coherence Tomography in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Author: Gabriel Coscas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642014674
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
Rapid or even dramatic progress has been made in the field of AMD over recent years, leading to a constant revision of basic concepts. A wide range of fundus imaging modalities are now available, and this book explains the respective value of each technique. The information provided by OCT is presented logically by comparison with plain films, autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, or indocyanine green angiography. Meticulous biomicroscopic examination of macular changes and the essential value of fluorescein angiography for the detection of anatomical alterations of the macula and for precise evaluation of lesions and their course by indocyanine green angiography have naturally led the author Gabriel Coscas to analyze the new data provided by OCT.

Macular Dystrophies

Author: Giuseppe Querques
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319266217
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
This book provides the ophthalmologist with the most recently available data on the macular dystrophies, a group of many different inherited or sporadic eye conditions linked by a problem with photoreceptors or other structures of the central retina. Internationally recognized experts in the field present the latest evidence and discuss their own personal experiences with regard to each of the principal dystrophies as well as some very rare entities. Topics covered include molecular biology, state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques, and the newest treatment options, including still experimental therapies. Attention is also devoted to a range of issues that continue to be debated. The editors have taken care to ensure that chapters are of a uniformly high standard while not sacrificing the originality of the individual authors. Macular Dystrophies will fully acquaint the reader with both the latest research findings and the current and emerging approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Author: Jennifer I. Lim
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203909151
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 549

Book Description
Showcases exudative and nonexudative AMD treatment techniques using argon and diode lasers, submacular and macular translocation surgery, photodynamic therapy, radiation, feeder vessel treatment, thermotherapy, and antiangiogenesis drugs. Includes 160 color illustrations. Showcases exudative and nonexudative AMD treatment techniques using ar

Macular Disorders

Author: Ivana K. Kim
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811530017
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 111

Book Description
This atlas presents chapters on common and rare macular diseases including variants of age-related macular degeneration (dry, neovascular, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy), cystoid macular edema, macular telangiectasia, central serous retinopathy and pachychoroid disease, photic retinopathy, presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, myopic degeneration, angioid streaks, and a recently described entity: perifoveal exudative vascular anomalous complex. It provides a wealth of representative images, using various modalities to help the reader recognize the respective conditions. Importantly, it also includes images acquired using techniques more recently adopted in clinical practice such as autofluoresence, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and OCT angiography. The concise text reviews the basic concepts of etiology, diagnosis, and management in a highly accessible format. In contributions prepared by internationally respected experts, the atlas provides a cutting-edge analysis of each condition, as well as excellent summaries of recent work in the field. Macular Disorders is one of nine volumes in the series Retina Atlas. The series offers a global perspective on vitreoretinal diseases, covering imaging basics, retinal vascular disease, ocular inflammatory disease, retinal degeneration, surgical retina, macular disorders, ocular oncology, pediatric retina and trauma. In nine volumes and over 100 chapters, Retina Atlas offers comprehensive and validated information on retinal disorders.

Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind

Author: Lindy Bergman
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 0891284850
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind presents a personal account of living successfully with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), combined with powerful new information on effective service delivery. Ninety-three-year old Lindy Bergman illustrates the ways in which life with low vision can be lived with independence, dignity, and personal satisfaction. Also included are highly informative chapters, written by the world-renowned experts from The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, encompassing the latest information about the causes and treatment of AMD; a concise, informative overviews of the effects of aging on vision, the emotional and psychological components of vision loss and the integration of the individual's psychological recovery into low vision service delivery; and a cutting-edge model of rehabilitation that meets the challenges of service provision today. Foreword by Jonathan Safran Foer, award-winning author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.