Dr Rohit Narayan concludes his series of reviews of the latest research into the association between various aspects of lifestyle and eye disease by describing how our current knowledge may help us to develop a strategy for the earlier detection of disease and giving advice to patients that may help prevent future disease.
In the second in our series discussing the link between systemic health and eye disease, Dr Rohit Narayan argues how the microbiome influences the presentation of age-related macular degeneration and how we might be better considering AMD as an inflammatory condition (C76477, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists)
Following on from his recent CET series which established the link between the microbiome, diet and the immune system and how this influences eye health, Dr Rohit Narayan begins a new series that looks in more detail into the association between lifestyle and eye health. In this first part, he expands on the influence of diet on systemic and eye health and asks the question; is offering advice about lifestyle now within the role of the eye care practitioner?
In the latest in the series looking at developments in our understanding of retinal physiology and how this may ultimately influence the detection and prevention of common eye disease, Dr Rohit Narayan describes the physiology of photoreception and how being able to measure changes to dark adaptation may present a useful future means of early disease detection.
In the first in a series of three articles, Dr Rohit Narayan will discuss the importance of the gut microbiome to our general wellbeing, how it interacts with the immune system and its impact on a variety of general health and ocular conditions (C76369, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
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