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November 7, 2012

Govt of Nova Scotia Expands Access to AMD Treatments to Include Cape Breton

The Government of Nova Scotia is growing its treatment for vision loss-causing chronic retina disorders, which represents good news for people diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported The Province

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November 5, 2012

‘World Sight Day’ Focuses Attention on AMD Issues

(PreserveMacForte.com) World Sight Day, which occurred on October 11, focused on issues pertaining to blindness and what people can do to protect their eye health, reported The News Today. According to

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October 30, 2012

Australian AMD Patients Getting Access to Subsidized Eylea

(http://www.PreserveMacForte.com) More than 110,000 Australians who are living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) will as of December have access to a new drug at a subsidized rate, reported Perth Now

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October 29, 2012

Watermelon Can Help Prevent AMD

(www.PreserveMacForte.com) Eating watermelon can help to prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported The Canadian on October 24. According to the article, consuming watermelon, which is known to have

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October 25, 2012

Skin Cell Treatment May Fix AMD Patients’ Vision-Loss Issues

U.S. researchers are working on a treatment that could eventually assist people living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to UPI.com recently. According to the article, the researchers are focusing on

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October 22, 2012

Patients Often Caught Off-Guard by AMD Diagnosis

(www.PreserveMacForte.com) Eighty-seven-year-old Charlotte Moorehead believed she had near perfect vision… that is until a scheduled eye checkup revealed that she actually had age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported the NWITimes.com on

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October 16, 2012

New Research Results Presented at American Society of Retina Specialists’ Annual Meeting

(PreserveMacForte.com) The results of spanking new research focusing on people who have age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were recently announced, according to NaplesNews.com on October 9. The article noted that Dr. Ashish

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October 15, 2012

Utah Artist Uses Special Pair of Glasses to Paint

(http://www.PreserveMacForte.com) While some people opt to forgo glasses so that they don't mess up their style, others prefer substance over style and are willing to put on a super hideous

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October 11, 2012

Australian Researches Develop Simpler Way to Conduct AMD Test

Researchers based in Australia have come up with a quicker way to determine if people have age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported redOrbit on October 8. According to the article, AMD, a

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October 9, 2012

CNIB Warns Doctors, Patients to Make AMD Awareness a Year-Round Priority

(PreserveMacForte.com) On the heels of International Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week, CNIB is taking the time to remind both doctors and patients that eye health is something that should

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October 2, 2012

Irish Persons More Likely to Get AMD than are Other Caucasian Groups

(www.PreserveMacForte.com) Irish persons are more likely, genetically speaking, to come down with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) than are other Caucasian groups, according to new research that was recently reported in

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October 2, 2012

AMD the Primary Cause of Vision Loss in Canadians Older Than 50

(www.PreserveMacForte.com) While people tend to be more susceptible to getting sick as they age, some Canadians may be surprised to learn that the primary cause of vision loss among people

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October 2, 2012

Florida Has Most AMD Cases in U.S.

(PreserveMacForte.com) There are more incidences of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Florida than in any other region in the United States of America, according to Florida Healthy Seniors recently. The article

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September 27, 2012

Doctors Urge People to Eat Better to Preserve Eye Health

(http://www.PreserveMacForte.com) Eye physicians are trying to educate older persons about the necessity of making healthier lifestyle choices in order to protect their vision, reported Today Online on September 19. According to

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September 19, 2012

Novartis Reports Bullish News on Safety of AMD Medication

Novartis, the publicly listed Basel, Switzerland-based healthcare solutions company, received some good news as per the medicinal value of its drug to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reported MEDCITY News

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September 18, 2012

US Davis Medical Center Surgeons Restore AMD Patient’s Sight

Virginia Bane, an 89-year-old woman living in Pollock Pines, California, has been handed a new lease on life following a medical breakthrough that has restored her sight, according to News10. The

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September 15, 2012

International Academy of Low Vision Specialists Helping AMD Patients to See More Clearly

(http://www.PreserveMacForte.com) People who have been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or any other seeing-impairment illness need not succumb to the notion that life as they once knew it is

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September 10, 2012

UK Residents to Receive Fundraisers of the Year Award from the Macular Disease Society

(PreserveMacForte.com) A team of fundraisers that included three people from Leighton, UK, has brought in over £25,000 for the Macular Disease Society, reported the Leighton Buzzard Observer on September 1. The

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