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How important is diet in AMD?

Posted: Tuesday 1 December 2020

There is a lot of conflicting information surrounding nutrition and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).However, there is evidence to suggest taking specific supplements can slow the progress of the condition.

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Research shows omega 3 and vitamin D do not help prevent AMD

Posted: Friday 27 November 2020

New research has revealed that omega 3 and vitamin D do not help to prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD).A new study, which is the largest of its kind to date, has looked at whether supplements of vitamin D or omega-3 fatty acids reduce the ris…

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Macular disease can change a whole family

Posted: Tuesday 24 November 2020

Carol had never even heard of macular disease until her grandson George was diagnosed with Stargardt at just six years old.

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Potential treatment could 'save the sight of people like George'

Posted: Wednesday 18 November 2020

Last week we shared George’s story.

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Doris

'My thoughts were racing trying to figure out what this could be'

Posted: Monday 16 November 2020

After living with macular disease for 12 years and having seen her own mother experience Charles Bonnet Syndrome, Doris knew all about visual hallucinations caused by sight loss.

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Berni

'I knew there was a risk I could lose my sight, I just didn’t think it was going to happen to me’

Posted: Friday 13 November 2020

Berni was diagnosed with diabetic macular oedema (DMO) in 2011, soon after a visit to her opticians for a new pair of glasses.

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'When we were told George had macular disease we were all crying'

Posted: Tuesday 10 November 2020

At the age of six, George suddenly lost interest in reading, started sitting close to the television and was no longer looking his parents in the eye.At first they thought he was just playing up, but when his teacher at school noticed he had stopped reco…

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Eye care continues in lockdown

Posted: Thursday 5 November 2020

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has urged patients to continue to attend eye clinic appointments, unless told otherwise.With England now in a new lockdown and the rest of the UK facing various restrictions, the RCOphth is encouraging ever…

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Two new Virtual Clinics in November

Posted: Wednesday 4 November 2020

The Macular Society's Virtual Clinics continue this month, with topics covering a Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI) and Sorsbys fundus dystrophy.

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Winter Warmer calls to lift spirits in lockdown

Posted: Tuesday 3 November 2020

The Macular Society is launching a new series of weekly telephone calls to help raise the spirits of our members over the next few months – while restrictions continue to be put in place across the UK.The Winter Warmer series, which launches tomorrow (We…

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Pop legend Vince Hill becomes Macular Society patron

Posted: Friday 30 October 2020

English pop singer, best known for his recording of ‘Edelweiss’, has become a patron of the Macular Society. Vince, aged 86, was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2011.

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Bridging the miles with befriending

Posted: Friday 30 October 2020

“We don’t only talk about sight loss,” says Macular Society befriender Peter Bennetts.

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