Your top tips for coping with sight loss at Christmas

Posted: Friday 7 December 2018

Last month we shared Anna’s top tips on coping with the frustrations of sight loss at Christmas.Now

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Festive campaign to boost funding for macular disease

Posted: Thursday 6 December 2018

The Macular Society has teamed up with Vision Express for a festive campaign

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Why stem cells could lead to a cure for macular disease

Posted: Monday 3 December 2018

Stem cell trials are taking place all around the world and according to Professor Lyndon da Cruz mark a new chapter in finding a cure for macular disease.This year all the money raised from our Christmas appeal will go towards research

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Coping with sight loss at Christmas

Posted: Monday 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

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‘They shouldn’t be feared and it helps to talk’

Posted: Friday 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…

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Coming up in winter’s Sideview

Posted: Wednesday 7 November 2018

All Macular Society members will get the latest issue of Sideview this month.

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Diabetes medication may protect against AMD

Posted: Friday 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…

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Hope for four-year-old’s vision after gene therapy

Posted: Thursday 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…

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Where next for dry AMD and Stargardt research?

Posted: Thursday 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.

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Eye drops research progresses

Posted: Tuesday 16 October 2018

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of sight loss in the UK.

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Nearly 1.5m people in the UK are affected by macular disease

Posted: Wednesday 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.

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Tips for VIPs: Children and animals

Posted: Monday 8 October 2018

In our summer edition of Sideview you shared your advice on staying safe and secure at home and when travelling.

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