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    AMD: Know your family risk

    If you’re looking for the classic case study on how age-related macular degeneration (AMD) runs in families, the Walker / Russell family is – unfortunately – it.

    Through her eyes: A tribute

    Respected Australian jazz musician Dan Barnett has released a tribute CD to his late mother, who had age-related macular degeneration.

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    Life changing, art changing diagnosis of AMD

    When Victorian artist Di Lockwood started seeing distortion, she didn’t realise it was actually a symptom of age-related macular degeneration.

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    Generational blindness from AMD

    Rita’s family is a classic example of the hereditary nature of AMD. From a family of eight, six siblings lived past middle age. Three of the six were diagnosed with AMD.

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    On the frontline with AMD

    If money was no object, Gillian Cameron would gather the best research minds from across the globe and ask them to focus on fixing macular disease.

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    The hereditary risk of AMD

    She’s only 22, but already Jessica Falon is making the changes necessary to try to prevent the macular disease that has blinded her grandmother.

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    Are you next in line for AMD?

    More than 60% of Australians are unaware of the strong familial risks associated with Australia’s leading cause of blindness.

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    Vegetables, fruit, fish can help reduce risk of AMD

    US study shows a diet which includes eating fish twice a week and a daily intake of fruits and vegetables can help reduce risk of AMD. 

    Jean Kittson

    Jean Kittson’s family link to vision loss

    For Jean Kittson, one of Australia’s most loved performers, the familial risks associated with AMD are startlingly real.

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