Folic Acid And B Vitamins Reduce Age-Related Macular Degeneration Risk
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Daily supplementation with folic acid, pyridoxine (B6) and cyanocobalamin (B12) appears "to represent the first identified means" to reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, researchers say
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