A study of patients in England with the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD) found no association between having AMD and subsequently developing dementia or Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a report published by JAMA Ophthalmology, a JAMA Network publication. AMD and AD are diseases strongly associated with advancing age. They share environmental risk factors, including cigarette smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and other features such as the depositing of plaques in the brain.
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