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Nearly 1.5m people in the UK have macular disease. It affects people of all ages.
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Various tests can be taken to detect early signs of macular degeneration.
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"Without the Macular Society, I don’t know what we would’ve done"
Posted: Wednesday 24 July 2024
When Sue’s husband Peter was diagnosed with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), it wasn’t just his life that changed – it was hers too.
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AREDS2 supplements slow sight loss in late-stage dry AMD
Posted: Friday 19 July 2024
New research has found that taking a daily vitamin and mineral supplement can slow the progression of geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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“We can support each other and that has been quite marvellous”
Posted: Wednesday 17 July 2024
Two women who joined a global online support group for people with an extremely rare form of macular disease have formed a friendship after discovering they lived just a few miles apart.
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"I want to help create awareness of macular disease first and foremost"
Posted: Thursday 4 July 2024
Rosey, a 67-year-old fitness instructor, turned her exercise classes into a tribute to those living with macular disease as she set the routines to vision-themed music and asked everyone to wear yellow for Macular Week.
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