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Diabetic Retinopathy Patients Have Lower Lycopene Levels

Measuring serum lycopene levels may help doctors diagnose and evaluate patients with diabetic retinopathy. A recent study finds that lycopene levels were significantly lower in individuals with diabetes. According to the study, “subjects with proliferative diabetic retinopathy had significantly lower … Continue reading

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Intensive Blood Sugar Control Can Slow Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy progresses more slowly when people with type 2 diabetes adhere to intensive blood sugar control rather than standard blood sugar control Continue reading

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Resveratrol Can Prevent Eye Diseases

Resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts and other plants, can help preserve vision in those suffering from diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Continue reading

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Excess Iron Levels May Lead to Macular Degeneration

Excessive iron in the body or hemochromatosis may lead to the wet form of macular degeneration. Continue reading

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The Right Diet Can Lower Cataracts Risk

A recent study n the June issue of Archives of Ophthalmology shows that eating right can reduce the chance of developing cataracts in women aged 50 to 79 Continue reading

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Dry Eye is a Whole Body Condition

Those who suffer from dry eyes should consider making changes to their diet and introducing nutritional supplements Continue reading

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Candidiasis can cause eye floaters

Floaters are often the result of vitreous tears or detachments often experienced by seniors, but for some these clumps of protein can be the result of candidiasis, an overgrowth of the yeast-like fungus Candida albicans. Continue reading

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More good fat, less bad, reduces age-related macular degeneration risk

In the first study, Jennifer S.L. Tan, MBBS, BE at the University of Sydney, Australia and her colleagues evaluated data from 2,454 participants in the Blue Mountains Eye Study of men and women aged 49 and older. Those who consumed … Continue reading

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