October 14, 2011

An article published in The Scientist journal suggests that one billion people in the world are starving to death. That's one in every six people on this planet. With the global population continuing to explode and resources being stripped at an increasing rate, the outlook is not good.

October 07, 2011

Vitamin E saturated analogue tocopherols have been extensively investigated (particularly alpha tocopherol), but little has been known about the unsaturated vitamin E analogues called tocotrienols. 

September 30, 2011

"All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schopenhauer.  Walter Bortz, MD, the Stanford physician who wrote a new book called Next Medicine the Science and Civics of Health, included in his first chapter another brilliant quote from William James, "We live lives inferior to ours...

September 23, 2011

The 700 member Ocular Nutrition Society proudly presents its 6th COPE approved symposium in Boston on October 11, 2011

September 16, 2011

"Never doubt the power of small groups to change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."  Margaret Mead, Anthropologist   Prevent Blindness America released a report estimating that the costs associated with adult vision problems in the United States now exceeds $51.4 billion a year. This report provides both the costs to the individual and their caregivers, and the impact on the U.S. economy of vision conditions including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataract, diabetic retinopathy, primary open-angle glaucoma, refractive error, visual impairment and blindness.

September 09, 2011

As more and more type-2 diabetes drugs are being recalled it's glaringly evident that medicine needs an armamentarium of clinically proven safe  methods to help patients win the belly fat battle before diabetes develops. 

September 02, 2011

We have known for years that lutein can affect macular pigment optical density (MPOD) and visual function; however there is still a lot to learn about its effect. The aim of the study discussed in today’s Pearl was to assess the 1-year changes in MPOD and visual function in response to supplementation containing 6 mg of lutein.

August 26, 2011

Retinal degeneration is triggered by a number of events, including internal and external environmental factors that signal complex intracellular and intercellular biochemical reactions that set into motion the initial stages of degeneration.

August 19, 2011

To best serve patients, it's vital that the ophthalmic and optometric communities stay in touch with patient opinion. Today's Pearl again presents research sponsored by the most active macular degeneration internet support community, www.mdsupport.org.

August 12, 2011

An ongoing misconception among consumers of nutritional supplements is that it takes weeks or months for any supplement to start working.  Epicor has made a big scientific leap by tossing those misconceptions right out the window.