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Macular Degeneration is the most common cause of vision loss as we age. The conditions runs the gamut of mild findings in the eye on examination by the ophthalmologist (called drusen of the retina), to more severe changes that include new blood vessel development. New treatments, injections into the eyeball that stall the vision …
Back in my days at University of Iowa, I was fortunate to be instructed by two preeminent neurologist who specialized in STROKE and Vascular Neurology: Dr. Harold Adams and Dr. Jose Biller. Dr. Biller is now head of the department of Neurology at Loyola Medicine in Chicago, and his clarity of thought about stroke risk …