Cataract Surgery Benefits AMD Patients; Steroid Drug May Restore...

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This month's Ophthalmology , the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology reports on a national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to benefit patients with age-related macular degeneration at all stages of the disease, on a clinical trial indication that the steroid triamcinolone may be effective in advanced diabetic macular edema ...

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