Tag: macular degeneration
Breakthrough Gene Editing Technique Offers Hope for Stargardt Disease Patients
Researchers have developed a highly efficient gene editing therapy that could potentially treat Stargardt disease, the most common form of inherited macular degeneration. This...
Having the Difficult Discussion With Patients on Geographic Atrophy
As one of the ODs at Ohio’s Cincinnati Eye Institute, Mary Beth Yackey, OD, often sees patients with progressing ocular diseases. Patients who are...
Don’t Assume Patients Know That Nutrition Is Important to Eye Health
Amanda Legge, OD, of Wyomissing Optometric Center in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, has long believed that proper nutrition has a positive impact on overall eye health....
Providing an Extra Dose of Protection and Prevention for Patients at...
By April Jasper, OD, FAAO
Health awareness months are fantastic opportunities to help spread the message about a health issue. As February approaches with its...
Successfully Integrating Ocular Nutrition Into Practice
In the final Macuhealth webinar series, Joan Ploem Miller, OD, discusses the importance of ocular nutrition and how these conversations can be integrated successfully...
“Dark Adaptation Has Always Been My Standard of Care,” Says Pennsylvania...
Drue Bahajak, OD, is a 2016 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University. In her years as a student, she was...
