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Re-Analysis of Meta-Analysis
September 10, 2010
Different results were found in a recent re-analysis of the meta-analysis published in the 2007 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which linked antioxidant supplements to all-cause mortality.
The Glaucoma-Dry Eye Connection
September 03, 2010
Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness, and it is the leading cause of blindness in both the African-American and Hispanic populations.
The Macula Pigment Miracle
August 27, 2010
Evidence continues to mount that supports the role of dietary carotenoids, zeaxanthin, lutein and meso-zeaxanthin, in protecting against the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss in people over 55 years of age in the Western world.
The Whole Vs. The Sum of Its Parts
August 20, 2010
Welcome to the first Friday Pearl in phase one of the new state-of-the-art Biosyntrx web site. We hope you enjoy the new site changes, with more exciting things to come.
Still Ginned Up for Vitamin C
August 13, 2010
Discussions with one of my favorite ophthalmic researchers, Stuart Richer, OD, PhD, chief investigator of the Lutein, Antioxidant Supplement Trial (LAST), usually get me ginned up about a particular nutrient and its effect on the eye.
Consumers Report On Dietary Supplement Risk: Grossly Overstated
August 06, 2010
This response is from Steve Mister, the president of the Washington, D.C. Council for Responsible Nutrition.
Dan Roberts on Glen Beck
July 30, 2010
Today's Pearl features an editorial written by Dan Roberts, the director of the largest on-line community of AMD patients. MDsupport.org is visited by more than 4 million people every year.
Nutrition Science Consilience
July 09, 2010
"Science is neither a philosophy nor a belief system. It is a combination of mental operations that has increasingly become the habit of educated peoples." E.O. Wilson
Retinitis Pigmentosa, Vitamin A & Lutein
July 02, 2010
A recently published study in the Archives of Ophthalmology suggests that supplemental vitamin A and supplemental lutein may slow the progression of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
Chicago Tribune & Vision Care
June 25, 2010
Major kudos to The Chicago Tribune, as well as Alcon, En-Vision America, Lions Clubs International, Prevent Blindness America and the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology for partnering, along with Biosyntrx, on a MediaPlanet supplemental special report called Vision Care & Eye Health. It will be delivered to Chicago Tribune newspaper readers today, as well as available on the Tribune web site.
