Thank you so much for posting this.
There's another article on the same website on AMD, this one about early detection:
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El391&enSearchQueryID=5&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Health&
A few more useful links on the topic:
http://www.amdalliance.org/
http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/maculardegen/armd_facts.asp