Nutrition News

I recently came across an interesting study by Nagai and colleagues looking at implantation of blue-filtering IOLs and the development of age-related macular degeneration changes as measured by fundus autofluorescence.

I came across an interesting story in the New York Times the other day, seemingly unrelated to the topic of this blog, blue light. The story outlined the results of a recent study on the cost of caring for someone with one of the three leading causes of death for older Americans: heart disease, cancer, and dementia.

The Macular Carotenoid Conference, held in Cambridge, England, hosted research presentations that focused primarily on the carotenoids found in the human eye and brain: lutein, zeaxanthin and mesozeaxanthin. Program topics ranged from genetic engineering and food source alteration for carotenoid-poor diets around the world to inflammatory marker influences of carotenoids in chronic diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and age-related macular degeneration.

ZeaVision announced the launch of EyePromise Vizual Edge Chewable, a once-daily tablet intended to help athletes see better so they can react faster and maximize their performance.

Last week I attended and led a discussion for my local study group meeting of the practice alliance I belong to. The topic was: What have you done in your practice over the past year that has increased revenue, office productivity or patient satisfaction?

A recent study of 67 patients with dry eye showed improvement in clinical test results after 1 week of taking a nutritional supplement containing omega-3s and seven additional nutrients, according to ZeaVision.

ATLANTA – ZeaVision introduced its next generation of QuantifEye MPS II for measuring macular pigment optical density at a press conference here at SECO.

ATLANTA – “In 2014 the CDC said that within our lifetimes, 40% of us in the U.S. will develop diabetes at some point,” A. Paul Chous, OD, said. “We need to push the diagnosis of diabetes as far forward as possible.”

Many researchers claim that contrast sensitivity is a much better measure of one’s functional vision. While visual acuity is quantitative, contrast sensitivity is qualitative.

Bonjour! I’ve just returned from a wonderful week in Paris.