Low Vision Blog

You may think that sunglasses are just for protecting the eyes from damage caused by ultra-violet or blue light, but really they serve several different purposes for those with macular degeneration.

If there is one easy tip that could really help someone to live better with macular degeneration wouldn’t you want to know it? Well, there is. It is called contrast. My husband was recently visiting his father who has wet macular degeneration. His father was helping to put away the dishes and accidentally broke one […]

We had very nice weather on Saturday, so my wife, daughter, and I went to Suburban Square in Ardmore, PA for lunch and some shopping. Suburban Square is an outdoor shopping area with local and national branded stores and restaurants. Unfortunately, we weren’t the only ones who had the idea to have a look around.

Like the previous eight or nine springs, we’ve decided to plant a vegetable and herb garden. When we started, I planted only a few things and used those old whiskey barrels (my wife and I still laugh when we think about bringing those home from the store, with all the windows in the SUV opened […]

This week at work I received a call from an 87 year old man who wanted to get a second opinion on treatment for his advanced dry age related macular degeneration (AMD). He stated that he had been seeing a macular degeneration specialist who had told him that there was nothing more that he could […]

Antioxidants play a very important role in the health of our eyes, and especially the macula. Everybody produces free radicals every day. Free radicals are unstable molecules that are missing an electron. When there are more free radicals than antioxidants, these molecules cause damage to our bodies which can lead to many degenerative diseases including […]

It is possible that your eye doctor can detect early signs of macular degeneration before you notice any vision changes.   During your next eye exam ask your eye doctor if he/she sees any drusen. Macular drusen look like little round pebbles that are made up of  yellow matter that lie beneath the retinal pigment epithelium […]

New 24” video magnifiers provide even more features to benefit individuals with visual impairments Huntington Beach, Calif. (May 27, 2011) – Enhanced Vision, America’s leading manufacturer of electronic magnifiers for the visually impaired, released a new 24” widescreen monitor option for their popular line of desktop video magnifiers. The Merlin LCD 24” and Acrobat LCD […]

Once someone has been diagnosed with age related macular degeneration (AMD) or any disease for that matter, the mind starts asking questions like, how did I get this condition, what caused it or perhaps, could I have done something to prevent it?