Cataract
Research from S. Rautiainen and co-authors yields new data on cataract
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 11th, 2010
"Experimental animal studies have shown adverse effects of high-dose vitamin C supplements on age-related cataract. We examined whether vitamin C supplements (approximate to 1000 mg) and multivitamins containing vitamin C (approximate to 60 mg) are associated with the incidence of age-related cataract extraction in a population-based, prospective cohort of women," researchers in Stockholm, Sweden report.
"Our study included 24,593 women aged 49-83 y from the Swedish Mammography Cohort (follow-up from September 1997 to October 2005). We collected information on dietary supplement use and lifestyle factors with the use of a self-administrated questionnaire. Cataract...
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