Laser Treatment Doesn’t Prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Posted by NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on November 9th, 2006 at 02:15pm

Low-intensity laser treatment was thought to help slow or prevent the loss of vision from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but the studies looking into it were inconclusive. A major trial has now found that the treatment doesn't prevent complications of AMD or loss of vision.