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Hormone Replacement May Cut Risk For Age-Linked Eye Disease
"Currrent postmenopausal hormone users had a notable 48 percent lower risk of neovascular (involving formation of new blood vessels) AMD compared with those who had never used postmenopausal hormones, although risk did not decline linearly with ... [... more]
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Study Finds Potential Cause Of Age-Related Macular ...
The authors found that, in endothelial cells derived from normal mice, Slit2 inhibited these pro-angiogenic activities, blocking both cell migration and vessel leakiness. In cells derived from Robo4-mutant mice, however, Slit2 had no effect -- ... [... more]
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration Doubles Heart Attack ...
"We found a positive long-term link between AMD and subsequent cardiovascular and stroke mortality in a population of older Australians," said lead researcher Dr. Paul Mitchell, from the Centre for Vision Research in the Department of ... [... more]
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