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Double-award week for pandemic response
Posted: Monday 29 November 2021
The Macular Society’s efforts to continue to provide vital services to people with macular disease during the coronavirus pandemic have been recognised at both the Covid Response Awards and the Visionary Annual Conference 2021.
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New myopic macular degeneration support group
Posted: Thursday 25 November 2021
A new support group for people with myopic macular degeneration is launching in December.
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Alcohol intake and smoking increase risk of AMD
Posted: Friday 19 November 2021
New research has identified an association between increased alcohol intake and the risk of developing dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Charles Bonnet Syndrome - 'I’d end up sitting in the corner crying through fear'
Posted: Tuesday 16 November 2021
When Chris was plagued by visual hallucinations, which often left him unable to carry out everyday tasks, he knew he had to do something to overcome the fear.
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World Diabetes Day - 'Dealing with diabetes and sight loss has really been hard for my mental health'
Posted: Saturday 13 November 2021
For World Diabetes Day we asked our members with diabetes what they wish they'd known about their condition before they were diagnosed.
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How close are we to a treatment for Stargardt disease?
Posted: Thursday 11 November 2021
Professor Andrew Lotery from the University of Southampton will be speaking about the latest developments in research into Stargardt at a Macular Society event later this month.
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'Extraordinary' turnout at parliamentary event on eye health
Posted: Thursday 4 November 2021
A parliamentary event has helped push eye health up the political agenda, welcoming 52 MPs and Peers who came to learn more about the need to improve eye care services.
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Understanding the ageing eye to help Beat Macular Disease
Posted: Wednesday 3 November 2021
What happens to our eyes as we age? And how does macular degeneration occur?
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Parenting and macular disease
Posted: Wednesday 3 November 2021
Parents and grandparents living with macular disease, or supporting a child with the condition, are invited to join a webinar taking place this month.
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'I can’t go out and run a half marathon but I can sit on the phone and talk to people'
Posted: Monday 1 November 2021
Barbara was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in her right eye more than three years ago, but it was only when the condition started to affect both eyes in lockdown last year that it really started to have an impact on her life.
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What would it really take to end macular disease? Professor Andrew Dick reveals all
Posted: Friday 29 October 2021
For more than 30 years, Professor Andrew Dick has been investigating what happens when the immune system goes wrong – and since 2012, his lab has been focused on age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We asked him what excites him about his work.
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'I hope and pray a cure will come in time for all of us living with macular disease'
Posted: Friday 29 October 2021
Margaret with diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2016 and was frightened for her future, waking up each day and wondering what she'd be able to see.
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