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Macular conditions
Nearly 1.5m people in the UK have macular disease. It affects people of all ages.
How is macular disease diagnosed?
Various tests can be taken to detect early signs of macular degeneration.
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Revolutionary implant for dry AMD - your questions answered
Posted: Thursday 27 November 2025
News broke last month of the positive results from a revolutionary new implant which has enabled people with dry age-related macular degeneration to read letters and numbers again.
“I couldn’t understand why other people weren’t seeing what I was seeing”
Posted: Sunday 16 November 2025
Being the only person to see kittens climbing out of her TV, trees growing inside her house and people sat in her bedroom was an alarming experience for Janet after she was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration.
"This is a way I can give something back"
Posted: Tuesday 21 October 2025
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro was not only a tick off the bucket list for Kevin, it was, in his own words “easily the toughest and most emotionally gruelling thing I’ve ever done.”