What Doctors Don't Tell YouBEWARE THE CHINESE TAKEAWAY: It might affect your eyesight
Macular degeneration - the major causes of blindness in the West - is not helped by a daily regime of vitamin E, new research claims.
Male readers may recall their mothers warning them that a certain adolescent practice could make them go blind. Well, irony or ironies, it seems that the drugs designed to improve their sex lives can have exactly the same effect.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) refers to the slow deterioration of the cells in the macula, a tiny yellowish area near the centre of the retina, which contains light-sensitive cells that send visual signals to the brain.
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