Talking 'Bout Degeneration
An in depth look at the treatments available for the eye condition Age related Macular Degenration (AMD), or lack of. It is also a personal journey for presenter and journalist Angela Young, who has the condition.
Podcasting since 2024 • 7 episodes
Talking 'Bout Degeneration
Latest Episodes
Episode 6 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 ther...
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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 of...
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Episode 6
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Episode 5 - Photobiomodulation 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 ...
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Episode 4: 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 t...
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Episode 3: Red light therapy for AMD is offered for the first time in Londob 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....
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Episode 3
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