102 | April• 2018

HEALTH

VIS

LONG-TERM

Howtoreduceyourriskof

age-related retinal problems

BY LISA FIELDS

GRETEL SCHMITZ-MOORMAN

wore glasses for decades, but when

she was 53, they stopped helping.

No matter how her eye doctor adjusted

herprescription,shesimplycouldn’t

read anymore. he problem? Age-related

macular degeneration (AMD), which

cloaks the central ield of vision, making it

diiculttoseewhateveryoulookatdirectly,

although peripheral vision remains intact.

here is no treatment for her condition.