Fact Sheets

Nearly 20 million people in the United States have some form of age-related macular degeneration. Advanced age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of irreversible blindness and visual impairment in the world. Learn the facts about macular degeneration.

Learn about Geographic Atrophy, how it affects your vision, and how you can live well despite having it.

It can take many years for a potential treatment for macular degeneration to work its way from the laboratory, through rigorous testing and, finally, to become approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Learn more about the process and how clinical trials work.

This list is compiled by Macular Degeneration Research, a BrightFocus Foundation program. Resources and information that provide products, services, and other support for people with macular degeneration and their families.

Learn about the treatments for the dry and wet forms of macular degeneration.