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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, telehealth is being used by more and more people. Telehealth is also sometimes called telemedicine or virtual care. Whether you have been using telehealth for...

The technology needed for virtual healthcare has been around for decades. But virtual care has not been widely used in the United States until recently. The recent public health emergency...

There is growing evidence that spending time in nature can help people feel less depressed, anxious, or stressed. Maintaining our connection to nature can improve one’s quality of life and...

You will find articles on this site and others with lists of questions to ask your eye specialist when you're newly diagnosed with macular degeneration (AMD or MD). I'm not...

Our world is still changing every day because of COVID-19. Keeping up with all of the news can be challenging. Here are some of the top COVID-19 updates for people...

I went skiing yesterday. Loved it! I am a pretty mediocre skier but I love being on the mountain on a cold, crisp day with a blue sky and the...

Confession: I cried all day today. Oh, and also...I’m still crying right now. I am a teacher who lives in Illinois and our schools were just canceled for the remainder...

May is National Salad Month! I bet you didn’t even know there was such a thing. But there is...because salads are important, that’s why! For those of us battling macular...

How did we get here? Ok, so by now we’ve seen our optometrist and he/she discovered some anomaly’s during the eye exam. The optometrist then referred us to an RS...

For a long time, we said mental health happens in the mind and the body is just along for the ride. People who've experienced stress, anxiety, depression, or even minor...

Here at MacularDegeneration.net, we all have one thing in common... we are struggling with vision loss. Either we, ourselves, have been diagnosed with some form of degenerative eye disease or...

Anybody else a Trekkie? Star Trek premiered in September 1966. That was when I was just starting the eighth grade. The crew of the Enterprise had some really cool things...

My family decided to quarantine in Ohio with some close friends. President Trump declared a state of emergency, school was called off, and the next day I was headed two...

Even people with perfect vision have trouble reading the tiny print on prescription bottle labels. What do you do if you have a vision impairment? Do you find that even...

Can I still get my eye injections for my wet AMD in the midst of this crazy pandemic? Initially, I was very concerned about how my RS (retina specialist) was...

These days we are all spending a lot more time at home. Social distancing for the greater good...which is a wonderful showing of solidarity in my opinion. But, that means...

To me, “paying it forward” means, to do a good deed for someone else. It’s a random act of kindness thing. To do something for someone else without expectation of...

I am an educator by day. Something wonderful that my school principal does is send our staff helpful literature each week. This encourages us to think outside the box with...

One of my main concerns at the start of the COVID-19 lockdowns was my exercise class schedule. My dance studio closed. The YMCA where I take Zumba and yoga closed...