Health Tip: Are You at Risk for Macular Degeneration?

Common risk factors for the eye condition

December 19, 2011 RSS Feed Print

(HealthDay News) -- Macular degeneration is a disease of the eye's macula, the portion responsible for your ability to see fine detail. Age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss, affects many people as they get older.

The U.S. National Eye Institute lists these risk factors for age-related macular degeneration:

  • 60 or older.
  • smoking.
  • obesity.
  • white race.
  • family history of macular degeneration.

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