Are you coping with vision loss caused by macular degeneration? You are not alone. Tune in today at 1:00 pm Eastern for a live Macular Chat conversation about resources and support with guest expert Ed Haines of Hadley.

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BrightFocus Foundation's grant awards fund pioneering projects that enable earlier disease detection. 💡➡️ Dr. Ganesh Babulal found that by tracking driving behaviors with GPS, they can accurately predict preclinical #Alzheimers . #HealthNews

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Sometimes an eyesight problem isn’t an eye problem—it might be the brain.

Mayo Clinic's Dr. Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic) breaks down PCA, an atypical form of Alzheimer’s that keeps a person from seeing the whole picture.

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Thank you to our supporters BrightFocus Foundation, Gates Ventures, GHR Foundation, and Morningside Technology Advisory LLC, who made this special issue possible. We will continue highlighting the excellent stories that make up this issue in the coming weeks and months. Follow along on X.

Congratulations to our postdoc, Wenhui Qu, for receiving the BrightFocus Foundation postdoctoral fellowship award in Alzheimer’s disease! What a great way to wrap up your first year in the lab, with excitement for discoveries to come!

Are you using glaucoma eye drops? Improve your technique and check out our ten tips to help you apply your eye drops effectively. ✔️ bit.ly/3TVpejX

Alzheimer’s begins long before symptoms appear, and now therapies can clear amyloid from the brain. Early diagnosis and treatment are key.

Learn how BrightFocus Foundation Alzheimer's Disease Research grantees are moving the needle forward to finding a cure: bit.ly/3JeMTXW.

ARVO Foundation's EyeFind Research Grants program provides up to $5000 for human eye tissue samples from eye banks used in research projects. This is a great opportunity for supplemental funding, generously sponsored by BrightFocus Foundation. Apply by May 31 bit.ly/2pl548Q

Are you navigating vision loss caused by macular degeneration? You are not alone.

Find support and discover new approaches to daily tasks by joining our next Macular Chat on April 24. 📅

Learn more and register: bit.ly/43TLXl6.

Join our conversation and live Q&A on April 18 with guest expert Dr. Gil Rabinovici to explore how early-onset Alzheimer's disease, which affects individuals as early as their 30s and 40s, differs from the most common form of the disease.

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Should people with vision loss from macular degeneration avoid taking aspirin? Dive into the latest research in our new expert article 👀 : bit.ly/3J7svaW. #HealthNews #HealthyVision

Adapting to life with vision loss can mean making many changes to everyday routines.

See how Maureen has adjusted to her new normal, including finding support from BrightFocus’ AMD Community Circle and Macular Chats: bit.ly/4axxUUy.

Brilliant gathering yesterday in Washington, DC, bringing together people from many nonprofit, governmental and for profit sectors to champion women’s health and sex-based research. Thanks to Carolee Lee and the WHAMnow leadership for catalyzing this event. #3NOT30 BrightFocus Foundation

Extremely proud of Paula Sanchez-Molina, a talent postdoctoral fellow in Ajami lab for being awarded the BrightFocus Foundation postdoctoral fellowship to study role of immune system in #Alzheimer disease OHSU School of Medicine OHSU-MMI.

Honoured and grateful to have been awarded the BrightFocus Foundation postdoctoral fellowship for research into the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. A huge thank you to my mentor David Berron! So excited to work on this project in the years to come 🎉

Extremly honoured & grateful to be awarded one of the BrightFocus Foundation fellowships to continue our work on the role of neuromodulatory systems in Alzheimer's development.
Huge thanks to my mentors Mara Mather and Ulman Lindenberger Center for Lifespan Psychology (MPIB, Berlin) for their support!

Thrilled and grateful to be awarded the BrightFocus Foundation Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program. I am eager to work with BrightFocus Foundation on investigating peripheral immune cells and microglia communication in AD!

Tune in to our Glaucoma Chat today at 1:00 p.m. EST to hear from Dr. Sarah Van Tassel of Weill Cornell Medicine about the latest advances in optic nerve imaging techniques.

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Extremely happy of being awarded with the BrightFocus fellowship (BrightFocus Foundation ) to continue my work on #Alzheimer 's disease!🎉🎊

Thanks to all the BioFINDER team for the continuous support🙏 And specially Oskar Hansson and RikOssenkoppele for your mentoring