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Linda Fugate HERWriter

Macular Degeneration--Drugs Versus Lasers

Written by Linda Fugate on March 8, 2010 - 7:58am

Cancer research has opened a new avenue of treatment options for neovascular eye conditions, including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The common factor is the growth of abnormal new blood vessels. In the case of cancer, a solid tumor must have a blood supply in order to grow. The tumor tricks the circulatory system into providing it with new blood vessels, in a process called angiogenesis. In the wet form of macular degeneration, new blood vessels grow under the retina and leak blood, which interferes with retinal function. Researchers have identified a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF, which is involved in the process of blood vessel growth. Drugs that block the function of VEGF are used to treat both cancer and neovascular eye conditions.

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Randall_Wong_MD HERWriter

What is Macular Degeneration

Written by Randall_Wong_MD on February 10, 2010 - 5:28pm

Macular degeneration, or Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), is a disease of the macula. The macula is the functional center of the retina. Read more

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Linda Fugate HERWriter

Macular Degeneration and Artery Health

Written by Linda Fugate on January 18, 2010 - 6:49am

Age-related macular degeneration affects 35 percent of Americans over the age of 80, and is the leading cause of visual deterioration and legal blindness for those over age 60. Age is the major risk factor, but there are other factors that we can control. Recent medical literature reports that vision and artery health tend to follow the same path with aging.

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Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study

Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study

November 9, 2009 - 3:30pm

MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Cataract surgery doesn't appear to speed the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study that challenges the belief that treating one cause of vision loss worsens the other.

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SUNDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Already a leading cause of vision loss among people older than 60, age-related macular degeneration is expected to skyrocket in numbers over the coming decades as the U.S. population grows older.


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WEDNESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced last week their new guidelines for stem cell research funding, including allowing some previously ineligible stem cell lines to receive federal grants, provided they were obtained in an ethical manner.


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A wide range of genetic and environmental factors contribute to the risk of developing the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), says a U.S.


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