Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Macular degeneration is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in United States
- American Macular Degeneration FoundationUS nonprofit helping people learn about and live with age-related macular degeneration, and supporting research.All of United States
- BrightFocus FoundationUS nonprofit that funds research and provides public information on Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration and glaucoma.All of United States
- Foundation Fighting BlindnessUS nonprofit driving research for inherited retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, with patient information.All of United States
- Macular Degeneration AssociationUS non-profit offering people with age-related macular degeneration education, videos, brochures, a newsletter, conferences and coping resources.All of United States
- MD Support (Macular Degeneration Support Inc)US nonprofit offering free information, personal assistance, guides and support-group resources for people with macular degeneration and related retinal diseases.All of United States
- Prevent BlindnessUS volunteer eye health and safety organization offering information and programs on glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and more.All of United States
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in United States and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Macular degeneration.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Macular degeneration to compare with. Family and friends can help.