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New Nutrition Guidelines for AMD

Latest research supports Mediterranean and Asian-style eating plans to reduce risk of AMD

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New Nutrition Guidelines for AMD

New findings reveal that consuming more than 12g of alcohol per day (less than one large glass of wine or large beer) is linked to a higher risk of developing irreversible vision loss; new nutrition guidelines released to help protect Australians’ eyesight.

Vision Voice: Read our latest newsletter

Welcome to the special My Eyes edition of Vision Voice.

AI, NASA and dry AMD

Find out how the Grant Family Fund is helping Dr Xavier Hadoux use cutting-edge technology to detect the early signs of macular disease.

Could a new supplement help slow AMD?

A/Prof Gerald Liew’s second MDFA Research Grant is allowing him to investigate a potential sight-saving supplement to improve dysfunctional mitochondria and prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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Our final Vision Voice for the year celebrates two remarkable centenarian members of our community who are vigilant in maintaining their vision with sight-saving eye injections.

Eye injections – a lifeline to the outside world

The centenarian, whose bookshelves and cupboards are crammed with biographies, literary classics and the odd Agatha Christie mystery, regards her regular eye injections as a lifeline.

Vision Voice Spring edition Read our latest newsletter

MDFA’s latest newsletter is out now.

2023 Research Grant Program recipients announced

MDFA is Australia’s largest source of research funding in the field of macular disease outside of government.

2023 Research Grant recipient

Spatial transcriptomics in diabetic macular ischaemia

2023 Research Grants Program

MDFA is Australia’s largest source of research funding in the field of macular disease outside of government

Excellence in Research Award in honour of Richard Grills (AM)

Composition and functionality of high-density lipoprotein in age-related macular degeneration and a high-risk disease phenotype

What kind of country lets its older citizens go blind?

Patron, Ita Buttrose AC OBE makes an impassioned plea in this opinion editorial piece as part of Macula Month.

Healthy eating, healthy eyes.

It’s all very painless really. And your eyes might be grateful.

New Nutrition Guidelines for AMD

Vision Voice: Read our latest newsletter

Welcome to the special My Eyes edition of Vision Voice.

MDFA’s first South Australian Peer Support group to launch in April

Connecting with other people who are going through similar health experiences can improve how you manage your own condition.

Social Impact Survey 2: What did your patients tell us?

Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) is committed to understanding the impact of macular disease on the lives and health of people who live with the condition. One of the ways we do this is through our Social Impact research.

Diabetic eye disease: Laying the foundations for new treatments

Professor Chandra Balaratnasingam’s MDFA-funded research is exploring the cellular changes that occur in diabetic macular ischaemia (DMI) to help develop a breakthrough therapy.

Improving the diagnosis of macular disease

Grant Family Fund support is allowing Dr Alexis Ceecee Britten-Jones to research a way to ensure people with rare inherited macular dystrophies receive the right treatment for them in future.

AI, NASA and dry AMD

Find out how the Grant Family Fund is helping Dr Xavier Hadoux use cutting-edge technology to detect the early signs of macular disease.

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