Chapter 7

Table of
Contents

Reports

"Research to
Restore Vision"

Contributed by Physicians, Researchers
& Friends of the Foundation

General Interest

• A Disorder by Any Other Name
• Antioxidants, Aging, Xanthophylls & MD
• Cataract Surgery & Accelerate MD
• Diets High in Carotenoids May Lower Risk of MD
• Gene Linked to Leventinese MD
• Gene Tied to Dry Form of Age Related MD
• National Library Services for the Blind
• Radiation & Wet Form MD
• Radiation Therapy Update: Benefit Doubted
• Retinal Transplants & Implants
• Smoking Increases Risk of MD
• Thalidomide & Angiogenesis Inhibitors:Drugs for MD?
• The Braille Institute and Its Services
• The Voices of "Talking Books"
• Using the Internet with Low Vision

Personal Stories

• Poem - Contributed
• "The Day I Quit Driving"
• "Slipping Into Darkness"