Macular Degeneration (RSNA Conference News)
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Successfully Treated
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 7th, 1998
Tens of thousands of people, women comprising the majority, who suffer from the leading cause of legal blindness may benefit from radiation therapy to stabilize the deterioration of their vision, according to New York researchers presenting their work at the 84th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) held November 29 - December 4, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) of the "wet" type is a debilitating condition that affects 170,000 Americans, most age 60 and older, and women more often than men, according to the National Eye Institute, a division of the U.S. National Institutes of...
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