Light therapy could be a useful treatment for the most common form of age-related macular degeneration, a new study says. The therapy, called photobiomodulation or “red light” therapy, can reduce the risk of vision loss and slow progression of the “dry” form of macular degeneration, researchers reported recently at the annual meeting of the American Academy of...
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Brain stimulation found to improve reading ability in macular degeneration patients
by University of Waterloo The effect of tDCS on reading accuracy for Chinese characters (left plot) and English words (right plot). Sentences were presented one word or character at a time (stimulus inserts). Participants were tested before, during, 5 minutes after, and 30 minutes after application of tDCS. The Y-axis denotes the accuracy difference between...