Nutrition vital for good eyesight
(ARA) – Caring for eyes includes paying attention to nutrition, with recent studies showing a strong correlation between good nutrition and the prevention of age-related eye diseases. Approximately 43 million Americans suffer from age-related macular degeneration or cataracts, the two leading causes of vision loss and blindness. By eating foods... more
Diabetes-related eye diseases
Ophthalmologists have ‘unique opportunity’ to influence patients with diabetes-related eye diseases. Diabetes prevalence has doubled in the past decade, and the increases in diabetes-related eye disease poses a new challenge to eye specialists, according to an editorial in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the Journal... more
