An in depth look at the treatments available for the eye condition Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD), or lack of. It is also a personal journey for presenter and journalist Angela Young, who has the condition.
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New Horizons in AMD treatment
Imagine living with a condition that makes recognizing faces and navigating simple steps a daily challenge. Join us as Angela Young bravely shares her personal story of living with macular degeneration, a condition affecting over 700,000 people in the UK. We follow Angela to Spectacular Opticians for a revealing eye test and later hear from a consultant ophthalmologist James Neffendorf, who breaks down the complexities of AMD and dispels the myth that it’s just an “old person’s disease.”
Curious about how red light therapy could revolutionize eye health? Discover the promising advances brought by innovative devices like the Valeda System. Listen to firsthand accounts and research insights, including a significant US trial demonstrating vision improvements, and learn how red light therapy is providing hope for many.
Hear about real patient experiences, clinical trial results, and the potential for these therapies to change lives. Join us for an episode filled with cutting-edge research and inspiring stories of hope and resilience.
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Is it the red or the green light photobiomodulation?
Angela Young is on a journey to halt her early onset Macular Degeneration.
There is currently no treatment available for this condition, which is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK. In episode 1 she explored all the possible treatments in the pipeline, and after the results of a trial for red light therapy were published in January, she decided to give it a go to see if she can save her sight.
But will she eligible or not?
In episode 2 she travels to Manchester in the UK to find out. If not, there are no other options available.
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Red light therapy for AMD is offered for the first time in London by Optegra. Angela is the first person to receive it.
After extensive research into the treatment options (or lack of) for AMD, Angela finds out that the Optegra eye hospital is to offer photobiodmodulation or red light therapy, at its London clinic. It was previously only available in Manchester. She is the first person to receive the therapy. Follow her on her journey to London in this exciting new episode for Angela and the staff at Optegra.
For information about red light therapy in the UK and where it will be offered next, contact Optegra:
https://www.optegra.com/dry-amd-treatment/
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The end of the first cycle of red light therapy. Will it be extended to further centres? And would you share your eye scans for research?
Continuing her mission to save her eyesight, Angela was the first person to try red lght therapy when it was offered by the Optegra Hospital in London (it had previously only been offered by them in Manchester.) In this episode, she completes the first round of nine treatments and speaks to Clare O'Donnell, head of eye sciences and optometry for Optegra in the UK. She also speaks to Dr Wen Hwa Lee, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Scientist at the charity Action Against AMD. Click here for further information
https://www.actionagainstamd.org/
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Photobiomodulaton 24
In her quest for treatments for macular degeneration, Angela Young, former BBC News Editor who has the disease, goes to PBM 24, the conference on photobiomodulation. She interviews Dr Clark Tedford, the CEO of Lumithera, which makes the Valeda red light system. Join her at the Park Plaza Hotel in London!
For information about red light therapy in the UK and where it will be offered next, contact Optegra:
https://www.optegra.com/dry-amd-treatment/
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Bonus Episode
It has been a long wait since episode 5 was released but Angela got some good news which she wanted to share before publishing episode 6 - so here it is!
For information about red light therapy in the UK and where it will be offered next, contact Optegra:
https://www.optegra.com/dry-amd-treatment/
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Round two of red light therapy and wrapping up!
In this final episode of the series, Angela starts round two of red light therapy and finds out if round one has made a difference.
She also finds out if there have been any developments in other areas during series 1 and discovers that there is someone trying to replace eye injections with eye drops
For information about red light therapy in the UK and where it will be offered next, contact Optegra:
https://www.optegra.com/dry-amd-treatment/
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