Lutein and Fish Oil Did Not Decrease Risk of Progression to Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration

The JAMA Report

Age-related macular degeneration accounts for more than half of all blindness in the United States. Past studies have shown that taking a formulation of oral vitamins and minerals has been found to help reduce the risk of severe disease progression by 25 percent. A new study examined whether including two additional supplements to the current formulation would decrease the risk of progression to advanced age-related macular degeneration. Catherine Dolf has more in this week’s JAMA Report.

Source: Lutein + Zeaxanthin and Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Wealth-Associated Disparities in Death and Disability in the United States and England

Family Medicine

Although life expectancy has increased worldwide, differences in death rates among socioeconomic groups continue to grow in the United States and Europe. But are there differences in the relationship between...

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Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-Term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality

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Menopausal hormone therapy involves a complex balance of risk and benefit for women. A new study based on the Women’s Health Initiative hormone therapy trials examined total risk of death...

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Neighborhood Demographics and Cardiac Arrest Treatments and Outcomes

Cardiology

In a cardiac arrest, the heart suddenly stops beating. About 350,000 patients have a cardiac arrest outside the hospital each year in the United States. Only 8% to 10% survive...

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Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players

Human Interest

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a progressive degenerative brain disease associated with repetitive head trauma. Currently, CTE can only be confirmed post-mortem. In a new study from JAMA, researchers...

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Lutein and Fish Oil Did Not Decrease Risk of Progression to Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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Wealth-Associated Disparities in Death and Disability in the United States and England

Family Medicine

Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-Term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality

The JAMA Report

Neighborhood Demographics and Cardiac Arrest Treatments and Outcomes

Cardiology

Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players

Human Interest