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Ocugen Clinical Trial Could Lead to Breakthrough One-Time Treatment for Advanced Dry Macular Degeneration
NORTHAMPTON, Ma., Dec. 19, 2023 — The American Macular Degeneration Foundation received news that the first patient has been dosed in a safety and efficacy clinical trial of a one-time gene therapy treatment for advanced dry macular degeneration (dry AMD), also known as Geographic Atrophy (GA). What’s exciting about this trial is that, if successful,…
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Holiday Recipes for Macular Degeneration
Four Recipes for Eye-Healthy Holiday Cooking The holidays—a time of joy, togetherness, and yes, indulgence. Families bond together over food in all kinds of ways…around the holiday table, with food and beverage gifts, and in indulging in sweets and treats that are in abundance this time of year. A Word on Indulgence We all indulge! …
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Research Concludes Macular Degeneration is a Risk Factor for Severe Covid-19
Fairly early in the pandemic, we reported that AMD might be a risk factor for more severe COVID infections. Doctors had observed high rates of severe COVID-19 infections and death among hospitalized patients who had AMD, but the evidence was anecdotal. The most recent research, published by researchers at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of…
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AMD Awareness Pin Inspired “The Creation of a Rug that has Meaning to Me”
Debbie MacIntosh reached out to us earlier this year to ask permission to use the AMD Awareness pin design to create a hooked rug. What follows is Debbie’s inspiration and process in creating the hooked rug from the AMD Awareness pin design in her own words, accompanied by photos of the process. Small edits were…
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Study Indicates AMD Patients are at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Complications
A study conducted at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and published in Nature Medicine, indicates that patients with macular degeneration are at higher risk of complications due to COVID-19. The study, entitled “Immune complement and coagulation dysfunction in adverse outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection,” looked at 6,398 COVID patients during the first wave of…
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AMDF 2020 Year-In-Review and What’s Coming Up in 2021
2020. What a challenging year! Here at AMDF, our tight-knit team switched from regular, in-person meetings to a year of working remotely and, yes, using Zoom! Perhaps you have also discovered this, but, somehow, that break from our usual routines inspired us to think outside the box. Here are the highlights of 2020: COVID-19 Response…
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2019 Macular Degeneration Gift Guide
Our Favorite 2019 Gifts for People with Vision Loss from Age-Related Macular Degeneration A couple of years ago we wrote our 2017 AMDF Gift Guide, and that blog post still gets hundreds of visitors per month. We were delighted that so many people have an interest in thoughtful and useful gifts for their loved ones…
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AMDF Reviews SeeBoost – Assistive Device for Central Vision Loss
Earlier this year we had the opportunity to review a different kind of vision assistance device. SeeBoost glasses are designed specifically for central vision loss due to macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. What is SeeBoost? Where other low vision assistive devices are designed for low vision more generally, the founders of SeeBoost wanted to create…
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New Proposed Bill Could Drive $1 Billion to Eye Research Over 4 Years
D.C. Financial Analyst, Karen Petrou, and founder of Federal Financial Analytics may have designed a solution to getting big investors behind a stage of research that is so hard to fund, it has been dubbed the “Valley of Death” of research by some. We interviewed Karen to talk about the bill. You can listen to…
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2017 Macular Degeneration Gift Guide
Our Favorite 2017 Gifts for People with Vision Loss from Macular Degeneration **JUST RELEASED – The 2019 AMDF Gift Guide. The holihttps://www.macular.org/2019/12/15/2019-macular-degeneration-gift-guidedays are upon us! Do you have someone with low vision from macular degeneration in your life? Or wondering what to put on your own wish list? Finding a gift for someone with vision loss…