The National Eye Institute urges all Americans to prioritize their eye health during May as part of Healthy Vision Month. The most effective way to take care of your eyes is to have a comprehensive dilated eye exam. A dilated eye exam allows your eye care professional to detect vision problems as well as eye [...]
Non-smokers who live with a smoker double their risk of developing age-related macular degeneration according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among those over the age of 60 and affects the central vision, which is necessary for such [...]
2.6 million women in the United States who are aged 40 and older have poor vision that cannot be fixed or are blind compared to 1.5 million men. The National Eye Institute attributes hormonal factors as well as longer lifespan as being the primal causes for the startling disparity. Prevent Blindness America recommends that women [...]
Researchers at Michigan State University believe that gene therapy used to treat an inherited form of total color blindness in dogs could also be used in treating the same condition in humans along with other eye disorders. The researchers worked upon the theory that certain photoreceptor cells in the eyes known as “cones” were too [...]
A new, simpler process in producing human pluripotent stem cells in large quantities will help researchers develop new methods in treating macular degeneration. Before the development of this method, the steps required to produce the stem cells was both time and labor intensive and the results didn’t produce enough of the cells to try and [...]
A recent study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine took a look at how cholesterol deposits in white blood cells known as macrophages can lead to age-related macular degeneration. Researchers examined cholesterol’s role in the growth of ocular blood vessels. The research team studied macrophage samples from humans as well as mice with macular [...]
Not only does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approve drugs and therapies, they also approve software for medical use and they recently approved the myVisionTrack iPhone app for use as a vision test. myVisionTrack™ is an an accurate home diagnostic system available as an app that allows patients with macular degeneration and other retinal [...]
Patients being treated for wet macular degeneration with intravitreal injections of Avastin may require fewer injections if also treated with systemic beta-blockers. The recent study which involved 46 patients who had wet macular degeneration revealed that those patients who were also being treated with beta-blockers required on average 5.2 injections compared to 7.9 in those [...]
Building upon research results from a 2009 study, researchers have been able to partially restore vision in mice using intravenous doses of polymer nanoparticles. The nanoparticles prevent the release of VEGF and don’t require the use of painful injections into the eye. In the current study, the researchers created an animal model of wet macular [...]
Results from a recent study which involved 172 patients with dry age-related macular degeneration showed that taking lutein, zeaxanthin, and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids helped increase the optical density of the macular pigment. The study evaluated the administration of 10 mg of FloraGLO lutein, 1 mg of zeaxanthin and 100 mg DHA plus 30 [...]
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Dr. Krawitz trained in Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York. He completed his Ophthalmology training at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, and later was selected as Chief Resident of that program.
He completed an additional year of sub-specialization in Glaucoma at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. Read more.
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