Hear + Now: Geographic Atrophy Symptoms, Progression, and Treatment...Geographic atrophy (GA) is a chronic eye condition in which the cells in the retina slowly break down and die, which leads...reactions2comments
Why Are Visits to the Eye Doctor Important?...I recently wrote an article about a conversation I had with a group of my friends. It was surprising to me to...reactions3comments
Suzanne's Story (Part 2): Treatment, Support, and Awareness...Content Note: This article was written by Suzanne Tremolada, founder of the Facebook support group "Living with Macular Degeneration." The views and...reactionscomments
Juggling Life With Geographic Atrophy...As a child of the 50s, I grew up in the era of variety shows. My favorite was the Ed Sullivan Show...reactions9comments
How to Choose the Best Sunglasses for Macular Degeneration...Wearing sunglasses seems like a simple task. But is it? Signs of spring are everywhere! Longer days, chirping birds, and warmer temperatures...reactions1comment
Community Team...Welcome to Health Union's Community Team. Our Community Team is made up of a diverse group of employees of Health Union who...
Timing Is Everything With Macular Degeneration...They say "timing is everything," but with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), timing is also very difficult. The difficulty is we need to...reactions14comments
Brown Eyed Girl...Brown Eyed Girl was diagnosed a number of years ago with macular degeneration. There is both wet and dry macular degeneration in...
Dry Macular Degeneration and Progression...Editor's Note: This article was originally written by Brown Eyed Girl, a MacularDegeneration.net Community Health Leader. As my dry age-related macular degeneration...reactions31comments
How to Use an Amsler Grid for Macular Degeneration Monitoring...It goes without saying that regular visits to your eye doc are essential to maintaining your vision and protecting it from the...reactions7comments
When Your Eye Vitamins Cause Stomach Pain (And What Helps Stop It)...When I first found out I had myopic macular degeneration in 2007, there wasn’t much information out there about the vitamins and...reactions8comments
Valentine’s Day is Coming: Dating With Vision Impairment...Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and for some, that means meeting new people and going on dates. That can definitely...reactionscomments
Hear + Now: Biosimilars for the Treatment of Wet AMD...Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the 2 kinds of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It occurs when blood vessels leak...reactions5comments
Community Health Leaders...In order to stay up to date on latest treatments, drug discovery, clinical studies and how to cope with macular degeneration every day...
Adapting to Macular Degeneration Progression...Editor's Note: This article was originally written by Brown Eyed Girl, a MacularDegeneration.net Community Health Leader. Over the 12 years I’ve had...reactions13comments
Advancing Age, Advancing AMD...When I was 58, I went to my optometrist thinking I needed a new prescription for glasses. He informed me I had...reactions10comments
Why People With MD Don't Just Exercise to "Get Skinny"...Somewhere in my early years of diagnosis with MD, I remember my retina specialist saying to me, “Get as skinny as you...reactions3comments
The Science of Sugar and Macular Degeneration...This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for! In the first two articles in this series, I focused on educating you...reactions7comments
