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How Changes in Diet, Proper Vitamins and Lifestyle Modifications May Help Macular Degeneration?

Vitamin therapy and lifestyle modifications have proven to be extremely valuable at helping to stabilize Macular Degeneration.

Dr. Michael P. Lange, OD, CNS 3/13/13

Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of vision impairment for people over the age of 55 in the United States.

Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in the United States in the over 55 age group. Currently there are close to two million people living in our country that are vision impaired from macular degeneration. With our population living longer and longer it is estimated that over 3 million people by 2020 will have Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). By then each of us will know someone that has lost their vision from macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is a medical condition that causes degeneration of the central part of the retina called the macula. Continue reading