Vitamin D levels associated with age-related macular degeneration
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Women under the age of 75 with high vitamin D status were less likely to have early age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in adults, a University at Buffalo study has shown. The disease affects approximately 9 percent of Americans aged 40 and older.
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