by Dan Roberts (Updated 9/12/2023) Audio/visual presentations on all related subjects Recommended books: The First Year: Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Daniel L. Roberts Macular Degeneration: The Complete Guide to Saving and Maximizing Your Sight by Lylas Mogk, M.D. and Marja Mogk, Ph.D. Definition Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is [Read More]
Category: Eye Conditions
Degenerative Myopia: a Review of its Nature and Current Treatment
by Brian Ward, Ph.D., M.D. December 2011 Degenerative myopia deserves our recognition as one of the truly neglected areas of ophthalmology. It is reported to be the seventh ranking cause of legal blindness in the United Sates of America the fourth ranking cause in Hong Kong and the second in parts of China and Japan. [Read More]
Stargardt Disease
by Dan Roberts (Updated May 25, 2011) Stargardt disease (also known as fundus flavimaculatus and Stargardt macular dystrophy) is the most common form of inherited juvenile macular degeneration. Inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, it is a severe form of MD that begins in late childhood, leading to legal blindness. Stargardt disease is symptomatically similar [Read More]
Dominant Drusen
by Dan Roberts (Updated May 2010) Dominant Drusen is an inherited autosomal dominant condition that presents with small round white retinal spots (drusen) that eventually form into a honeycomb pattern in the area of the optic disc and macula. Vision loss is usually slow unless neovascularization (abnormal blood vessel growth and leakage) occurs. Dominant drusen [Read More]
Cataract Surgery and Retinal Degeneration
by Dan Roberts Originally published and updated 2/2/09 A cataract causes clouding of the normally transparent lens of the eye. As the lens becomes more opaque, the rays of light are prevented from focusing on the retina, leading to symptoms such as blurriness, light sensitivity, glare, distortion, and fading of colors and vision. Cataracts are [Read More]