INCREASING SLEEP DURATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY AND AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.

Purpose: Sleeping too much or too little has been associated with adverse health outcomes including total mortality, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. This study explored the relationship between sleep patterns and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods: One thousand and three consecutive patients in a retina practice were prospectively surveyed regarding sleep histories.

Vitreous cells as an indicator of retinal tears in asymptomatic or not recently symptomatic eyes.

Purpose: To define the relationship between vitreous cells and retinal tears in eyes without recent flashes or floaters.

Methods: Five hundred eighty-five consecutive patients who complained of light flashes, floaters, or both in one eye had their asymptomatic or not recently symptomatic fellow eye examined prospectively for vitreous cells and retinal tears.

Results: Of these fellow eyes with 2+ or more vitreous cells (10 or more cells per 1-mm slit-lamp field), 31.