Studies have shown that certain vitamins and minerals help stave off macular degeneration or cataracts, and eating foods with these nutrients can help prevent eye problems. Here are ten foods to include in your diet for optimal eye health.
Uptown Eye Care would like to introduce the BioPhotonic Scanner. This is new technology that measures the carotenoid levels in your skin. Many of you may have seen it on the Dr. Oz show.
An estimated 10 million Americans show evidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), a progressive eye condition that can destroy “straight-ahead” vision, according to Uptown Eye Care’s Dr. Elaine Happ, Therapeutic Optometrist.
Age-related macular degeneration, often called AMD is the leading cause of vision loss among Americans age 65 and older. Because this group makes up an increasingly larger percentage of the population, vision loss from macular degeneration is a growing problem.
Uptown Eye Care is now able to provide proactive detection of one of the main risk factors of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of legal blindness in the world today.