Search results for: “Macular degeneration”
Blindness
Full Transcript Blindness… The word alone evokes fear. Few people are aware that macular degeneration, which leads to central vision loss, is the main cause of blindness for those 55 and older in the United States. It affects more than 10 million Americans. That number is expected to increase significantly as the population ages.
AMDF’s Public Service Announcement
Full Transcript “Today, macular degeneration impairs the sight of over 10 million Americans. By age 75, more than 25% will be affected. Maybe you’ll notice immediately or it might pass unnoticed for months. Don’t lose sight of what matters. Contact the American Macular Degeneration Foundation at 1-888-MACULAR or visit their website. Thank you.”
Thai Winter Squash Stew
Spa Baklava Recipe for Eye Health
Chicken with Mushrooms and Thyme
Carrot Cumin Soup
What a Person with AMD Sees
Joan W Miller,MD Chief and Chair of OphthalmologyHarvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Full Transcript If you had macular degeneration and you were looking at me now, you would not be able to see my face, but you’d be able to make out my arms and shoulders, and that is disconcerting for…
Hope & Cope – Video on Living Well with AMD
“HOPE IS THE WORD” **Note: If this item is out of stock, you can view for free online on Youtube. Living Well with Macular Degeneration is the Focus of New Video Featuring Actors Dabney Coleman and Don Knotts, Olympian Marla Runyan, Film Critic Charles Champlin and Others Macular degeneration is an increasingly common eye disease that…
A Letter From our Founder
Dear Friends: I know firsthand the shock of learning I may go blind from a disease I’d never heard of. I know the dismay of hearing that little can be done. Until I was diagnosed with macular degeneration soon after my 39th birthday, I knew nothing of this insidious disease that affects so many. As…
Letter from Chip Goehring, AMDF Board President
Dear Friends: I formed The American Macular Degeneration Foundation to educate the public about macular degeneration and to support scientific research for its prevention, treatment, and cure. Along the way, AMDF has become so much more as our stories have been shared and we have helped each other after the diagnosis is received and the…