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The AREDS1: Zinc and antioxidant supplementation reduce progression of AMD in high-risk patients [The Classics Series]
1. In patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in one eye only or intermediate AMD in either eye, zinc ...
Tag: age-related macular degeneration
The CATT study: Avastin and Lucentis equally effective for macular degeneration [Classics Series]
1. Lucentis (ranibizumab) and Avastin (bevaciumab) demonstrated equivalent effects on visual acuity in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients after 1 year ...
Transplanted stem cells help restore sight in age-related macular degeneration
1. Treatment with human-embryonic stem cell-derived (hESC-derived) retinal pigment epithelium led to improved visual acuity and vision-related quality-of-life measures for ...
No increased overall risk of systemic events with use of anti-VEGF eye treatments
1. There was no overall increase in systemic cardiovascular events with the use of antibodies to vascular endothelial growth factor ...
Vasodilators associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration
Image: PD 1. After adjustments, use of vasodilators or ß-blockers were significantly associated with increased risk of early and late age-related macular degeneration (AMD), ...
Risk score system accurate in predicting macular degeneration risk
Image: PD 1. 8 predictors (age, sex, education level, race, smoking status, presence of pigment abnormality, soft drusen, and maximum ...
Antioxidants, omega-3 lack benefit in age-related macular degeneration
Image: PD 1. Previous large-scale studies have demonstrated a benefit of oral vitamin and mineral antioxidants for lowering the risk ...