In finding this for one of my sisters, after another of them heard it on tv news, it occurred to me that there may be Mudcatters who would be interested, too:

Denver (KCNC) Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in America, and it has no cure. But a physician in Denver is using a new therapy which is helping some patients regain their sight.
Macular degeneration mainly affects people over 60.
"It is a terrible diagnosis," NEWS4's Dr. Dave Hnida reports. "You're going blind, and told there's nothing that can be done."

A new therapy that uses a small electric current looks like it can slow down, and in some cases even reverse, macular degeneration.
Four years ago, patient Beverly Anders noticed when she was reading that the words were blurred and jagged. Within months, those words disappeared completely. Anders had macular degeneration, a disease that she was told there is no cure for. With the diagnosis come white specks in the middle of the eye that are not supposed to be there. They are called drusen -- a buildup of toxins in the center of the eye. When you get a buildup of drusen in the center of the eye -- or the macula -- vision deteriorates.

"You can't see anything straight in front of you," Hnida said. "(There's) no reading, no driving and no recognizing a face."

"It's devastating for a lot of people," physician Dr. Terry Grossman said.

Anders is trying a new treatment that within a few months not just slowed down her vision loss, but actually improved her vision -- something other doctors said was impossible. Grossman uses a system called microcurrent stimulation. The treatment that can be done at home, and as part of the procedure patients wear goggles that have holes in them so they can see while they wear them for an hour a day.
Anders does the treatments at home, but also comes in regularly for high doses of IV vitamins and minerals to nourish the part of the eye that's diseased.

For Anders, the treatment has been nothing short of a miracle.
She went from legally blind to seeing well enough to get a new drivers license. Anders believes she will get even better.
"I'm going for full clearance -- full vision," she told NEWS4.
The procedure involves dry macular degeneration, according to Hnida.

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If you would like to know more about this treatment, you can call Dr. Terry Grossman's office at (303) 233-4247.
His office is located in Wheat Ridge.