The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7413 p183
12 August 2006

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AMD risk factors

Regular consumption of fish is associated with a lower risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, whereas smoking appears to double the risk, and hormone replacement therapy has no effect on the chances of developing this eye condition, data from studies published in Archives of Ophthalmology reveal (2006;124:995, 981 and 988).