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Age Related Macular Degeneration
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has an information leaflet on Age Related Macular Degeneration
Macular Disease Society
A self-help society for those suffering from any of the eye conditions encompassed by the overall name of Macular Disease.
Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Information from the RNIB
Anti VEGF treatment for wet AMD
Information from the RNIB
Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Implantation of Lens Systems for Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Implantation of Lens Systems for Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Macular Degeneration (age-related) - Ranibizumab and Pegaptanib
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Macular Degeneration (age-related) - Ranibizumab and Pegaptanib.
Understanding Age-Related Macular Degeneration
A booket produced by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
AMD Alliance
The AMD Alliance International is a global coalition of vision and seniors' organizations dedicated to raising awareness of AMD and the options available for prevention, early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and support services.
Moorfields Hospital
Their website includes lots of factsheets on eye conditions including one on macular degeneration.
Medicine Guide for Macular Degeneration
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Macular degeneration
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Age-related macular degeneration
Information from BUPA.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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