Lifestyle changes protect against...

19.08.2019

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Lifestyle changes protect against blindness

The press conference about EYE-RISK: the European Research Project on AMD - Press Release from 05.08.2019 by PRO RETINA Deutschland e.V.

Berlin – A timely lifestyle change can protect people at high risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) against vision loss into advanced age. This is a key interim result of the European research project EYE-RISK. Who is particularly at risk, how the individual risk profile is determined and which three lifestyle factors are decisive in the prevention, experts explained at today's press conference held by PRO RETINA Germany e.V.