by Carly Eden Stokes | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog, News, Press
The Grotta Fund for Senior Care awarded VLANJ nearly $10,000 in COVID-19 relief funding! This grant allows us to provide Beyond Sight wellness classes, peer support groups, and technology-focused offerings over Zoom video conferencing through the end of 2020, at no charge to participants. Read more by clicking the link below.
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DENVILLE, NJ — Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey pivoted from in-person to virtual programs to keep participants – many of them at high risk for the virus – safely connected.
by Carly Eden Stokes | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog, News
What happens when you inject healthy cells into damaged eyes? Click the article link below to learn more about a recent study on this topic.
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University of Toronto Engineering researchers have developed a new method of injecting healthy cells into damaged eyes. The technique could point the way toward new treatments with the potential to reverse forms of vision loss that are currently incurable. Around the world, millions of people live with vision loss due to conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or retinitis pigmentosa.
by Carly Eden Stokes | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog, News
Americans may not be eating enough of the foods and nutrients that they need to protect their eye health. Click the article link below the image to learn what nutrients you may need to be eating more of!
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According to the World Health Organization, global average life expectancy continues to rise and is increasing faster than it has at any other time during the last 50 years. Approximately 9 percent of the world’s population is 65 or older; this number is expected to grow to 17 percent by 2050.
by Carly Eden Stokes | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, News
Learn what a simple red light could do for eyesight!
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With the retina aging quicker than other organs in the body, due to the high concentration and decline of mitochondria in photoreceptors (light-sensitive rods and color-sensitive cones), researchers in a new study took a fresh look at improving mitochondrial function. The study was published June 29 in the Journals of Gerontology: Series A.
by Carly Eden Stokes | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog, News
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How can exercising help to slow or prevent vision loss? ScienceDaily.com shares some insights on how exercise can slow or prevent several common causes.
Exercise can slow or prevent the development of macular degeneration and may benefit other common causes of vision loss, such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, new research suggests. The new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine found that exercise reduced the harmful overgrowth of blood vessels in the eyes of lab mice by up to 45%.
