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Funding boost will help provide life-changing support services
Latest news, posted 2 October 2018
The Macular Society has been boosted by a grant from Big Lottery Fund, which will support its work across Northern Ireland for the next 12 months.The Society has been awarded £50,000 of continuation funding from Big Lottery Fund Northern Ireland’s ‘Reach…
Tips for VIPs: Children and animals
Latest news, posted 8 October 2018
In our summer edition of Sideview you shared your advice on staying safe and secure at home and when travelling.
Nearly 1.5m people in the UK are affected by macular disease
Latest news, posted 10 October 2018
New figures reveal that nearly 1.5m people in the UK are affected by macular disease, the nation’s biggest cause of sight loss.
Eye drops research progresses
Latest news, posted 16 October 2018
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of sight loss in the UK.
Where next for dry AMD and Stargardt research?
Latest news, posted 18 October 2018
Online searches bring up dozens of suggested treatments for macular disease, each with enthusiastic support from people who claim it has saved their sight.
Hope for four-year-old’s vision after gene therapy
Latest news, posted 25 October 2018
A boy in Oregon has become the first to receive a new treatment for a rare genetic mutation which has caused him to lose his sight.Just two weeks after the first procedure, Caspian’s parents began to notice improvements in their son’s vision.Caspian, age…
Diabetes medication may protect against AMD
Latest news, posted 2 November 2018
Researchers from Taiwan have shown that people with type 2 diabetes who took a common diabetes medication, had a significantly lower rate of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).The study suggests that the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects o…
Coming up in winter’s Sideview
Latest news, posted 7 November 2018
All Macular Society members will get the latest issue of Sideview this month.
‘They shouldn’t be feared and it helps to talk’
Latest news, posted 16 November 2018
‘They shouldn’t be feared and it helps to talk’ - that’s the message from the Macular Society to anyone with macular disease who is experiencing visual hallucinations, as the Macular Society marks Charles Bonnet Awareness Day.Up to half of all people wit…
Coping with sight loss at Christmas
Latest news, posted 19 November 2018
Many people with macular disease tell us that losing their sight feels worse at times like Christmas.Anna finds she’s tripping over furniture