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Age Related Macular Degeneration
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has an information leaflet on 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.
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Aims to help people get on with their lives, despite their difficulties, by offering practical support and advice. Includes information on macular degeneration.
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.
Understanding Age-Related Macular Degeneration
A booket produced by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
Ranibizumab and pegaptanib for age-related macular degeneration
Appraisal Consultation Document from National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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.
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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Related pages in Patient UK
Information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
Age Related Macular DegenerationPatient Support related to this topic (^ top of page)
AMD Alliance International Macular Disease SocietyMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
Macular Disorders Senile Macular DegenerationUK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Guidelines on Macular DegenerationRecent news items related to this topic (^ top of page)
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Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
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Medline
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