Can heart disease treatments combat AMD?
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also help combat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that affects millions of Americans? CVD and AMD share some risk factors-such as smoking, high blood pressure, and inflammation-and a recent study found that people who have early-stage AMD are more likely to develop heart disease. This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on how two heart disease treatments, low-dose aspirin and statin medications, may impact AMD risk and disease progression.