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Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study

MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Cataract surgery doesn't appear to speed the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study that challenges the belief that treating one cause of vision loss worsens the... Full Article at MSN Health

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  1. SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: Senior citizens who have undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express rest in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China.
  2. A doctor attaches a new lens onto an eye during a cataract surgery at Qadr hospital's operation room in Tangerang, Indonesia's Banten province, October 17, 2009.
  3. NANYANG, CHINA - MAY 11: A cataract patient checks his sight after a surgery by doctors of the Lifeline Express at the Nanyang Ninth People's Hospital, the base hospital of the Lifeline Express, May 11, 2008 in Nanyang of Henan Province, China.
  4. SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 13: A pedestrian walks by an advertisement for chipmaker Intel May 13, 2009 in San Francisco, California. The European Union has fined Intel Corporation, the world's biggest computer chip maker, $1.45 billion for illegal sales tactics that are shutting out rival chip maker AMD.
  5. The logo of US chipmaker Globalfoundries can be seen at the company's plant in Dresden, eastern Germany, on March 4, 2009. The new plant started manufacturing operations to produce semiconductors.
  6. NEW YORK - MARCH 12: Actress Donna Dixon Akroyd attends the premier of 'Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D In IMAX' at the AMD Lincoln Square IMAX Theatre on March 12, 2008 in New York City.

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