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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
Festive campaign to boost funding for macular disease
Latest news, posted 6 December 2018
The Macular Society has teamed up with Vision Express for a festive campaign
"We all want a cure for macular disease – that’s why we’re here"
Latest news, posted 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.
Where next for AMD and Stargardt research? Part II: Lasers, ozone and acupuncture
Latest news, posted 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…