Abdominal Fat May Boost Risk of Eye Disease; Special Glasses Comfort Migraine Sufferers

06/28/2011

Excess abdominal fat increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration in middle-age men but may have the opposite effect in women, says a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Additionally, new research, published in the journal Cephalalgia, found that special eyeglasses dyed in different hues for the comfort and perception of individual users helped to normalize brain activity in migraine sufferers.

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