Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Aspirin Blindness Link

People who regularly take aspirin for many year had twice the risk of "wet" age-related macular degeneration. The disease damages the 'sweet spot' in the retina, obscuring details in the centre of a patient's field of vision. There are already known risks of aspirin such as causing internal bleeding.
BBC: Long-term aspirin 'blindness link'

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