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March 15, 2010
March 15, 2010

Anti-Depressants Linked to Cataracts – Now That’s Depressing!

A recent study, soon to be published in Ophthalmology, found that taking certain anti-depressants increased one’s risk of developing cataracts.  Anti-depressants have recently come under fire for the litany of side effects associated with them, including an increase in the miscarriages of pregnant women, as well as the decrease in bone marrow of certain individuals.…

March 4, 2010
March 4, 2010

Post Menopausal Women Beware: Hormone Replacement + Alcohol = Cataracts!?

Photo courtesy of https://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/quarks-gluons-and-corroborating-emc2/2008/11/21/1226770694126.html There is an interesting article in this month’s Ophthalmology titled Hormone Replacement Therapy in Relation to Risk of Cataract Extraction: A Prospective Study of Women. This study included 30,861 women aged 49 to 83 years who completed a questionnaire about hormone status, use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and lifestyle. Of…

February 22, 2010
February 22, 2010

Statins may Lower Incidence of Cataracts

There may be another reason to take that Lipitor besides lowering your cholesterol!  In last month's Annals of Epidemiology there was article titled: Persistence with Statins and Incident Cataract: A Population-Based Historical Cohort Study.  180,291 new statin users in Israel were followed between 1998 and 2007 for incident cataract or cataract extraction. During the study…

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