Showing posts with label Vitamin A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vitamin A. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Vitamin A may harm patients with Stargardt and possibly macular degeneration

An Oxford University study has found that reducing the tendency of vitamin A to form toxic clumps could slow down retinal degenerative diseases such as Stargardt disease, a condition that leads to blindness in children and young adults, and in age-related macular degeneration.