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Results 1 - 6 of 6 for macular degeneration
  1. Macular Degeneration (National Library of Medicine)  
    Macular degeneration, or age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is a leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 and older. It is a disease that destroys your sharp, ...
  2. Retinal Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... be serious enough to cause blindness. Examples are: Macular degeneration - a disease that destroys your sharp, central vision Diabetic eye disease Retinal detachment - a medical emergency, when the retina is ... children. Macular pucker - scar tissue on the macula Macular hole - ...
  3. Eye Care (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... raise your risk of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Protect your eyes by using sunglasses that block ... of developing age-related eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts and can damage the optic nerve. ...
  4. Eye Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... nerve layer at the back of the eye Macular degeneration - a disease that destroys sharp, central vision Diabetic ...
  5. Smoking (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... and stroke Vision problems, such as cataracts and macular degeneration (AMD) Women who smoke while pregnant have a ...
  6. Vision Impairment and Blindness (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... the United States are age-related eye diseases: macular degeneration, cataract and glaucoma. Other eye disorders, eye injuries, ...