Macular Degeneration

"Health is not valued till sickness comes." Dr. Thomas Fuller

According to conventional Western medicine, macular degeneration is incurable. It is the leading cause of vision loss for those aged 55 and older in the United States, affecting more than 10 million Americans. About 1.75 million U.S. residents currently have advanced age-related macular degeneration with associated vision loss, with that number expected to grow to almost 3 million by 2020.

Macular degeneration is caused by the deterioration of the central portion of the retina, the inside back layer of the eye that records the images we see and sends them via the optic nerve from the eye to the brain. The retina's central portion, known as the macula, is responsible for focusing central vision in the eye, and it controls our ability to read, drive a car, recognize faces or colors, and see objects in fine detail.