Dr. Barry Dworkin

Weak evidence used to state that ASA use increases risk of wet-type macular degeneration

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 24, 2013

Source:

15-year study finds that Aspirin use ‘triples risk of blindness disease’

Long-term aspirin use ‘increases blindness risk’

Reference:

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

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