Metformin could protect against age-related macular degeneration: study
The protective effect was not dose dependent, say researchers.
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Taking metformin could protect older adults without diabetes from developing age-related macular degeneration, according to US doctors.
Their case-control study found that use of the diabetes drug was associated with a 17% lower risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) versus no exposure at all.