Eye Health Awareness Week 2010 – Day 1: Macula Degeneration

This week we have 7 articles to share with you relating to the health of your eyes, please share these articles with your friends and family to promote Eye Health Awareness week 2010, together we can make a difference to encourage regular eye examinations.

What is the Macula?

The Macula is a very small part of the retina that converts the light entering the eye into an image. This delicate tissue is situated at the very center of the retina and is accountable for our central vision...

Sight-Saving Drug for Patients in England.

Patients in England suffering from a disease which causes blindness are to get access to a sight-saving drug.

The Lucentis drug treats ‘wet’ age-related Macular Degeneration, the leading cause of sight loss in the country.

What is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)?
AMD is a disease associated with aging that gradually destroys sharp, central vision making difficult or even impossible to see objects clearly in common daily tasks such as reading

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