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Bevacizumab is no different in effectiveness as Ranibizumab, the gold standard treatment for age-related macular degeneration

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine ( BUSM ) and the VA Boston Healthcare System have shown, at 6 months in a small group of patients, that there is no difference in efficacy between Bevacizumab ( Avastin ) and Ranibizumab ( Lucentis ) for the treatment of age-related macular degen...
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Serious ocular adverse reactions linked to intravitreal injection of Triamcinolone acetonide

Triamcinolone acetonide is a synthetic corticosteroid primarily used for its marked anti-inflammatory action. In Canada, the 40-mg/mL suspension has been authorized for intramuscular and intra-articular administration or for injection into tendon sheaths or ganglia. It is indicated for systemic cor...
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Higher intake of fish and Vitamin-D levels linked to lower risk of age-related macular disease

Individuals who have higher dietary intake of foods with omega-3 fatty acids and higher fish consumption have a reduced risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration, while those with higher serum levels of Vitamin D may have a reduced risk of the early stages of the disease. Age-related macu...
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Smoking may strongly increase long-term risk of age-related macular degeneration

Current and past smokers appear to have a higher risk of developing late age-related macular degeneration than those who have never smoked. Age-related macular degeneration ( AMD ) is the leading cause of blindness in the Western world. In addition to smoking, AMD is postulated to share other ri...
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Genetics and lifestyle interact to increase risk for age-related macular degeneration

The interplay between genetic predisposition and exposure to modifiable risk factors can multiply the risk for age-related macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration ( AMD ) can cause blindness and is known to have both genetic and environmental risk factors. Researchers have previou...
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Eating fish protects against macular degeneration

Eating fish frequently may be associated with decreased chances of developing age-related macular degeneration ( AMD ), while smoking nearly doubles the risk for this common cause of vision loss and hormone therapy appears to have no effect, according to three articles published in the Archives of O...
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Antioxidants may help to protect patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have successfully blocked the advance of retinal degeneration in mice with a form of retinitis pigmentosa by treating them with Vitamin E, alpha-Lipoic acid and other antioxidant chemicals. " Much more work needs to be done to determine if what we did in mice will wor...
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Genetic variation linked to age-related macular degeneration

The combination of a certain genetic variation, along with inflammatory factors and smoking, significantly increases the risk of the vision disorder age-related macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration ( AMD ) is the most important cause of irreversible visual loss in the elderly of...
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Age-related macular degeneration: smoking increases risk and omega-3 fatty acids decreases risk

Researchers studied elderly male twins and found that those who smoke or have a history of smoking had an increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration as compared to those who never smoked. At the same time, those who ate more fish and had diets with higher levels of omega-3 fatty a...
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Fish oil may help protect against retinal degenerative diseases

A paper published in Trends in Neuroscience by Nicolas G. Bazan, at Louisiana State University ( LSU ) Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, reports on the role that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil play in protecting cells in the retina from degenerative diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and a...
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