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“A befriender can help in so many ways”
Latest news, posted 1 November 2022
“I knew the impact that macular degeneration could have on people. I think the biggest sadness was that I was given that diagnosis, and then left without any real support, any information. So, from that day on, I decided I was going to make people aware of macular degeneration."
Challenges at work for people with sight loss in Northern Ireland
Latest news, posted 3 November 2022
A webinar to tackle employment issues and tips for people working with sight loss in Northern Ireland will be hosted by the Macular Society’s working age and young people’s service manager this month.
Scotland sight loss specialists to deliver online talk
Latest news, posted 4 November 2022
People living with a sight loss condition in Scotland have been invited to an online talk to find out the latest around macular services and research.
Statins and diabetes drugs found to reduce risk of age-related macular degeneration
Latest news, posted 8 November 2022
Drugs to control diabetes and lower cholesterol may reduce the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a new study suggests.
New partnership to accelerate research into macular disease
Latest news, posted 7 November 2022
Clinical research organisation Ora Inc has partnered with the Macular Society, to accelerate the advancement of new treatments for macular disease and help more patients take part in clinical trials.
Global seed sales help Beat Macular Disease
Latest news, posted 9 November 2022
Global sales of high-quality garden seeds have helped raise more than £35,000 for the Macular Society, which will fund vital research and services for people with macular disease.
New Charles Bonnet Syndrome study could be “life changing”
Latest news, posted 16 November 2022
Researchers at Royal Holloway University of London will be the first to study the effectiveness of techniques used to manage visual hallucinations caused by sight loss.
“You’ve never lived until you’ve seen a floating crocodile”
Latest news, posted 16 November 2022
From a reptile gliding overhead to being offered beer by a woman dressed in lederhosen, Polly has seen her fair share of weird, wonderful and sometimes frightening things, from the comfort of her bedroom.
Dry AMD patients respond to injection breakthrough studies
Latest news, posted 25 November 2022
Initial findings have shown the majority of people with late-stage dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) would welcome eye injections as a way of slowing down its progress.
"Doeddwn i ddim yn gwybod faint o bobl oedd yn debyg i mi"
Latest news, posted 21 December 2022
Fel llawer o bobl eraill sy'n cael diagnosis o glefyd macwlaidd, doedd gan Margaret ddim syniad beth oedd y cyflwr a faint o bobl eraill oedd yn cael eu heffeithio ganddo. Ar ôl cael profiad personol o'r ofn a'r ynysu oedd yn dod yn sgil ei chyflwr, roedd Margaret, sy'n 79 oed, eisiau helpu pobl eraill sydd angen cefnogaeth.