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The 2024 Gift Guide for People With Macular Degeneration
It’s that time of year! Time for the AMDF annual gift guide for people with macular degeneration. Before we dive into recommendations, let’s go over some basics. Macular Degeneration doesn’t cause complete blindness, but at its most severe, a person can experience near total central vision loss. There is actually quite a broad spectrum of
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2026 AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month Resources
AMD Awareness Month, sometimes also referred to as AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month, was established in 2008 to raise awareness about the national prevalence and impact of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on individuals, and the rippling effect on their networks of care. In 2026, the state of AMD in the United States remains alarming.
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Pumpkin and Macular Degeneration
Pumpkin is a surprising source of nutrients good for macular degeneration.
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Eat Right for Your Sight Ep4 – Snacks
Episode 4 – Snacks with good nutrients for macular degeneration In Episode 4 of Eat Right for Your Sight, Jennifer Trainer Thompson is joined by nutritionist Barbara Olendski, who shares her infectious enthusiasm for healing with food, and offers insight after insight on how foods work together synergistically to enhance our health. While the focus
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Mango Pico de Gallo
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Coronavirus and Your Macular Degeneration Care
**Important Update as of 2/5/2021 Since the publishing of these guidelines in March of 2020, information has come to light regarding AMD patients’ risk of more severe illness if they contract COVID-19. Please continue to follow the guidelines below in regards to your eye care, follow the CDC recommended protocols to reduce your risk of
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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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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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AMD Awareness Pin: Putting the Power of Awareness into Your Hands
The AMD Awareness Pin was created to be a tool that empowers you and the whole AMD community to raise awareness at the grassroots level. Thank you for joining us in the effort to raise awareness about age-related macular degeneration (AMD)! The pin is designed with abstract symbolism to help you remember some key facts
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What Does Bananagrams Have to do With Macular Degeneration?
Sometimes you write a letter and nothing happens. Sometimes you write a letter and something BIG happens. Something big happened when Dodi Peterson wrote in to BANANAGRAMS™ to ask a question on behalf of her mother, Jan, who was losing her sight to macular degeneration. “My mom loves Bananagrams and has been playing it