Can heart disease treatments combat AMD?

Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease also help combat age-related macular degeneration , 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 …

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