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Macular Symmetry in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: What Should You Know?

Because there’s asymmetry past the early drusen stage of age-related macular degeneration, it’s important to assess both eyes separately in the diagnosis and management of AMD, taking into consideration the potential impact of nongenetic factors on AMD.

Do Dietary Nitrates Protect Against Progression to Late Macular Degeneration?

Indeed they do, according to the results of a new post-hoc analysis, which found that higher dietary nitrate intake was associated with a reduced risk of late age-related macular degeneration (AMD)—a finding, however, that was weaker when adjusting for adherence to a Mediterranean diet.

Geographic Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration is marked by overlapping, but distinct, risk and protective factors for progression to geographic atrophy and geographic atrophy expansion. Tiarnán D.L. Keenan, MD, PhD, of the National Eye Institute explains.