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The town hall features guests Scott Kaiser, MD, a noted geriatrician and Chief Innovative Officer with the Motion Picture & Television Fund; Art Taylor, CEO of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance; and moderator Cecilia Arradaza, a leading health and science communicator and Executive Director, Strategy, Wondros.
This animation discusses what floaters are and when you should see the advice of an eye doctor.
Learn about a form of macular degeneration that accounts for approximately 10 percent of the cases, but results in 90 percent of legal blindness.
Learn how the vitreous shrinks over time, and how a macular pucker/epiretinal membrane can develop, leading to possible vision changes.
Learn about secondary glaucoma, which occurs as a result of another disease or injury that causes or contributes to an increase in eye pressure.
This animation discusses a test, called optical coherence tomography, which uses light to scan the structures in the back of the eye.
Learn about a treatment option for glaucoma by which a small device, called a shunt, is inserted into eye. A shunt is a small tube that creates an alternative passageway for the excess fluid to drain, reducing the pressure in the eye.
This animation provides information on the vitrectomy procedure, which is used to treat disorders of the retina and vitreous portion of the eye.
Learn about a number of treatment options that are designed to slow down, or stop damage to the eye that is caused by glaucoma.
