Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its associated vision loss may be connected to the quality of carbohydrates an individual consumes. In a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Allen Taylor, PhD, director of the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University, and colleagues confirmed earlier findings linking dietary glycemic index with the risk of developing AMD.

Restricting use of drugs for macular degeneration to patients who have already gone blind in one eye is “unacceptable” concludes the July issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).

A groundbreaking surgical therapy capable of stabilising and restoring vision in the vast majority of patients who currently suffer blindness through Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is to be taken to clinical trial by scientists and clinicians at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the University of Sheffield.

Several research centers across the United States are studying whether or not dietary supplements help prevent age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in older adults. A previous study concluded that supplements with antioxidants and zinc reduced the risk by about 25 percent.