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re obese, can cut the risk of developing age related macular degeneration disease (also known as AMD), the number one cause of severe vision loss among older people Long associated with getting older, this mostly silent disease gradually, without pain, destroys the sharp, central vision that is needed to see things clearly in order to read or drive a car New research out of Australia shows that those who lose weight, especially if they?

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), loss of vision in the center of the visual field (macula) due to retinal damage, is one of the leading causes of legal blindness among the elderly.

Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in the country," says Ferris.

Among subjects with the lowest combined antioxidant levels, sunlight exposure was significantly associated with elevated risk of developing advanced macular degeneration.

00 Hardcover RE661 Macular degeneration is a defect in the blood vessels of the eye linked in general to heredity, diabetes, nutritional deficits, a head injury, or infection.

Scientists say the breakthrough could lead to new ways of preventing and treating age-related macular degeneration, which affects 500,000 people in the UK.

The drug Lucentis will now be available on the NHS to anyone with 'wet' macular degeneration - an eye disease which sends sufferers blind.

Lucentis, or ranibizumab, helps patients with wet age-related macular degeneration to maintain or improve their vision.