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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs May Slow Age-Related MD
Canadian researchers have completed an observational study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis to find if they are less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration as a result of taking drugs known as NSAIDS. Dr Patrick McGeer of the University of British Columbia and Dr John Sibley of the University of Saskatchewan found the rate of macular degeneration in the study group to be 10 times lower than in groups of similarly aged people in other studies who did not have rheumatoid arthritis ('Common painkillers may help prevent, slow macular degeneration: study', Canada.com, 25 April 2005). The research was published in the current issue of Neurobiology of Aging.
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