- SD-Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnostic Criteria, Prevention and Lifestyle Management
- SD-An Interactive Review of Ocular Systemic Syndromes
- SD-An Update on Thyroid Eye Disease
- SD-Autoimmune Disease and the Eye Series 1: Autoimmune Disease and the Anterior Segment
- SD-Autoimmune Disease and the Eye Series 2: Autoimmune Disease and the Posterior Segment
- SD-Autoimmune Disease and the Eye Series 3: A Tailored Approach to Uveitis and Systemic Disease
- SD-Current Treatment of Diabetes
- SD-Diabetes Cases & Conundrums
- SD-Exploring the Autoimmune Diseases: A Systemic Approach
- SD-Flashing Lights: Land Mines & Peril Ahead
- SD-Follow Your Gut: A Guide to Micro-Nutrients and Disease Prevention
- SD-G-Eye: A Team Approach to Managing Gastrointestinal Disorders
- SD-Life Threatening Eye Signs & Symptoms that Can't Be Missed!
- SD-Ocular Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
- SD-OMG its OMG!
- SD-Ophthalmic Manifestations of COVID-19
- SD-Optometry's Role on the Diabetes Education Team
- SD-Pets - Their link to Ocular Infections, Allergies and Trauma: What Every OD Should Know
- SD-Sleep Medicine and the Eye
- SD-The Eye ER: Nothing's Off Limits
- SD-Top Ten Tells How Systemic Diseases Reveal Their Hand
- SD-Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD and the OD
- SD-When a Slit Lamp Exam Can Save a Life The Essential Role of Optometrists
- SD-What Every Optometrist Needs to Know about Paraneoplastic Syndromes
SD-Nutritional and Lifestyle Modifications To Reduce Risk Of AMD Onset And Progression
Description:
This course will provide an overview of the increasing worldwide prevalence of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and the resulting implications. Though the influence of genetics and value of nutritional supplementation will be acknowledged, this course will focus on specific modifiable risk factors that may influence the onset and progression of AMD across its various stages. This will include a review of key studies on dietary intake, smoking cessation, physical activity, and sunlight exposure. The link between systemic health factors and AMD will be addressed with an emphasis on implementation of an effectively communicated holistic approach in AMD.
Course Code:
AOA106-SD
Speaker(s):
Mark Roark, O.D.
mwr.od@sbcglobal.net
Credits:
1
AOA Expiration Date:
3/30/2024
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