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" A combination of exposure to sunlight and low antioxidant levels appears to place older people at risk of certain forms of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), new research suggests. The European Eye Study, which involved scientists at the London School of Hygiene &amp;amp;amp; Tropical Medicine, studied information on 4,400 individuals, including 101 with advanced AMD, 2,182 with early-stage AMD, and 2,117 who did not have AMD. They found that exposure to blue light from the sun was not associated with AMD on its own. However, in the one quarter of people with the lowest antioxidant levels, exposure to blue light was associated with advanced AMD. Publishing their findings in the Archives of Ophthalmology, the researchers wrote: &amp;#039;In the absence of cost-effective screening methods to identify people in the population with early AMD, we suggest that recommendations on ocular protection and diet target the general population, especially middle-aged people.&amp;#039; Antioxidants include vitamins C and E, lutein and zeaxanthin and zinc. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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