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Avoiding the needle
Posted: Thursday 17 January 2019
We have previously looked at the potential of eye drops to replace injections as a treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – but that’s far from the only approach being tested.Regular anti-VEGF injections are a lifeline for many people with …
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Tips for VIPs: Getting active
Posted: Monday 14 January 2019
What are your top tips for staying active as a visually impaired person?In our winter edition of Sideview we included some of your advice about exercise, activity and getting moving.Wheels or waterCycling on a tandem is great fun, because you can chat ea…
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Where next for AMD and Stargardt research? Part II: Lasers, ozone and acupuncture
Posted: Monday 7 January 2019
A team from Warwick Medical School examined the evidence, or lack of it, for a wide range of physical treatments that have been tried in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Stargardt disease.Dry AMDThe list of possible treatments is long and d…
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"We all want a cure for macular disease – that’s why we’re here"
Posted: Friday 14 December 2018
This year all the money raised from our Christmas appeal will go towards research, with an aim of ending macular disease for good.
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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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