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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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High street opticians raises funds for two vital causes
Posted: Friday 15 October 2021
This October, colleagues at Vision Express stores across the UK are taking part in a range of fundraising activities to raise vital funds for the Macular Society and the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT).
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New online risk checker estimates your risk of developing macular disease
Posted: Thursday 14 October 2021
A new online tool, Risk Checker, can estimate your risk of developing the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK.
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Have you ever wondered what benefits you might be entitled to?
Posted: Tuesday 12 October 2021
As part of the Macular Society Virtual Clinics series, we will be hosting a benefits surgery this month.
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“You can’t find any better support than from people who are living with the same condition you are”
Posted: Tuesday 12 October 2021
In September last year Shona was out having breakfast with her grandparents when she looked down at her food to see black dots everywhere.
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