New Implantable Telescope May Help People With AMD.

The Chicago Tribune /McClatchy (9/11, Chan) reported that a "tiny implantable telescope has been developed to help people with" age-related macular degeneration (AMD). "The telescope, smaller than a pea, works by allowing light to be focused on working parts of the retina," thus helping "restore the ability to see what had been previously lost." CMS has yet to approve the device for Medicare patients, however.