Explainer: what is age-related macular degeneration?

Updated June 28 2018 - 1:41pm, first published August 11 2016 - 12:00am
Small whitish-yellow blobs of fat and protein called drusen on the macula is an early sign of macular degeneration. Community Eye Health/Flickr, CC BY
Small whitish-yellow blobs of fat and protein called drusen on the macula is an early sign of macular degeneration. Community Eye Health/Flickr, CC BY

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