macular degeneration treatment

What Might Declining Night Vision Mean for AMD Patients?

harminka — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:08:54 -0600

The Complications of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial (CAPT) Research Group assessed night vision in a cohort of 1,052 CAPT patients.

Study paves way for development of macular degeneration cures

harminka — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:25:56 -0600

A new study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that affects more than nine million Americans, will pave the way for the biopharmaceutical industry to develop better treatments and cures, according to the Foundation Fighting Blindness, which partially funded the research.

View on new drugs for macular degeneration

harminka — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:17:47 -0500

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).