Who is likely to suffer macular degeneration?

Who is likely to suffer macular degeneration?

Robert K. Maloney (Ophthalmologist) gives expert video advice on: Who is likely to suffer macular degeneration?; What treatments are available for macular degeneration? and more...

Age related macular degeneration is the most common cause of irreversible blindness in the United States. About a third of all caucasions over the age of seventy have some evidence of this condition. It turns out, if you're a darkly pigmented individual, black, hispanic, native american, you are at a much lower risk of developing macular degeneration. That extra pigment seems to be protective.