Daily Aspirin Use May Double Seniors' Risk Of Wet AMD.
HealthDay (1/6, Mozes) reports, "Daily aspirin use among seniors may double their risk of developing" the "wet" form of "age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a significant cause of blindness in seniors," according to a study published in the January issue of the journal Ophthalmology. In fact, "daily aspirin use was associated with the onset of late-stage" wet AMD, "and to a lesser degree, the onset of early 'dry' AMD -- even after the researchers took into account age and a history of heart disease, which in itself is a risk factor for AMD."
Specifically, "late-stage 'wet' AMD was 2.22 times more likely among daily aspirin users (95% CI 1.61 to 3.05) in a" study population of 4,691 European seniors, MedPage Today (1/6, Phend) reports.
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