Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 24, 2013
Weak evidence used to state that ASA use increases risk of wet-type macular degeneration Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
15-year study finds that Aspirin use ‘triples risk of blindness disease’
Long-term aspirin use ‘increases blindness risk’
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Liew G, Mitchell P, Wong TY, et al. The Association of Aspirin Use With Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA Internal Medicine. Published online January 21 2013
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 19, 2012
Little evidence to suggest long-term ASA use increases risk of macular degeneration Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Long-Term Aspirin Use Linked With Vision Loss: Study
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Long-term Use of Aspirin and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 1, 2009
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Eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration result in the loss of vision in a slow and unrelenting fashion due to the deteriorating and damaged retina. A team of scientists at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School has published a study in the March issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual [...]
