Low Vision Rehabilitation News
AMD Alliance International organizes video contest to raise awareness
Friday, October 2nd, 2009AMD Alliance International is hosting a video contest to raise awareness for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Individuals are invited to create and submit videos of no longer than 3 minutes that will communicate in the most creative and
Learning to see with macular degeneration
Friday, August 28th, 2009ATLANTA (WABC) — Thirteen-million Americans have A-M-D — age-related macular degeneration. It is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and vision impairment in people over 50. There are two types of AMD: wet and dry. Wet AMD occurs abnormal blood
Project Vision Sheds Light on Importance of Screenings in Detection of Disease (PRWeb)
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Unique community outreach targets underserved population in Hawaii. (PRWeb Aug 26, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ProjectVision/Retina_Institute_Hawaii/prweb2794354.htm
Optical coherence tomography compared to fluorescein angiography and visual acuity
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009European Journal of Ophthalmology
EyeCare America Promotes Healthy Aging Tips During September’s Save Your Sight Month (PRWeb)
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Health campaign offers 5 tips for the aging eye (PRWeb Aug 25, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/EyeCareAmerica/AgingTips/prweb2788474.htm
Stopping Macular Degeneration
Monday, August 24th, 2009It’s the leading cause of vision loss for people over 60 — macular degeneration slowly steals a person’s eyesight, making reading, driving and every day living difficult. It’s estimated nearly 18 million Americans will have the blinding condition by
HealthFirst-Learning to see with AMD
Monday, August 24th, 2009For Russell Delong, this would have been impossible four years ago. Macular degeneration made his world go black. Delong has macular degeneration. “To start with, I was totally blind. I couldn’t see nothin’.” He had surgery,
Lawsuits accuse VA of negligence (UPI)
Monday, August 24th, 2009WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) — A Florida man is one of at least 50 people suing the Department of Veteran Affairs with allegations of negligent use of medical equipment, authorities said.
Welcome to Low Vision Update
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009Welcome to what we hope will be the leading source of news information surrounding low vision. Our team will be scouring the web to find pertinent information about low vision, the diseases that cause vision loss, as well as developments in the field of low vision rehabilitation.
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Diagnosis of Idiopathic Infantile Nystagmus and Ocular Albinism: A Clinical Challenge
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Extract not available.
