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Mayo Clinic : About Macular Degeneration
Mayo Clinic's mission is to empower people to manage their health. It accomplish this by providing useful and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of Mayo Clinic. Age-related macular degeneration is a chronic eye disease that occurs when tissue in the macula, the part of your retina that's responsible for central vision, deteriorates.
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Medline Plus: About Macular Degeneration
MedlinePlus is designed to help find appropriate, authoritative health information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Here it gives an a detailed and authoritative information on AMD and links to other online resources on AMD.
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The American Macular Degeneration Foundation
The American Macular Degeneration Foundation is committed to the prevention and cure of macular degeneration and offers hope and support to those afflicted and their families. The Foundation is a major voice in establishing the national research agenda for macular degeneration through promoting an alliance among the scientific community, government, and victims of the disease and their families to ensure the prevention and cure of the disease.
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NIH Senior Health : About AMD
NIHSeniorHealth features authoritative and up-to-date health information from Institutes and Centers at NIH. NIHSeniorHealth makes aging-related health information easily accessible for family members and friends seeking reliable, easy to understand online health information. Here it gives a detailed information on the causes, symptoms and treatment of AMD.
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The Foundation Fighting Blindness
The mission of The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. (FFB) is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by macular degeneration and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases. Here it gives a detailed ionformation on AMD.
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The Macular Disease Society
The Macular Disease Society aims to build confidence and independence for those with central vision impairment. It is the only UK charity dedicated to helping people with macular degeneration. Here it provide information and practical support for visually impaired people, their families and carers.
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National Eye Institute
The National Eye Institute (NEI) was established 1968 to protect and prolong the vision of the American people. As one of the Federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NEI conducts and supports research that helps prevent and treat eye diseases and other disorders of vision. Here it gives a comprehensive information on Age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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The Macular Degeneration Partnership
The Macular Degeneration Partnership is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to provide comprehensive, easily understood and up to the minute information about macular degeneration to the public through the Internet, telephone, public events and printed materials, to support research and to coordinate advocacy efforts.
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Prevent Blindness America
Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness America is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness America touches the lives of millions of people each year. Here it gives a brief information on AMD, signs and symptoms and treatments available.
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Macular Degeneration Research
MDR is a program of the American Health Assistance Foundation, established in 1997 to fund research on and educate the public about macular degeneration. Since program's inception, MDR has awarded over $3.0 million to support basic research into the causes and potential treatments of this disease. here it gives a fact file on AMD, it's causes and latest research.
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Royal National Institute of the Blind
RNIB is UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. It's pioneering work helps anyone with a sight problem. Here it gives information on understanding age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Wikipedia Encyclopedia : About AMD
Wikipedia, is a communal encyclopedia written collaboratively by people from all around the world. Wikipedia has rapidly grown into the largest reference website on the Internet and is a trademark of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Macular degeneration is a medical condition where the light sensing cells in the macula malfunction and over time cease to work. It is the leading cause of central vision loss (blindness) in the United States today for those over the age of fifty.
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