Advanced macular degeneration is associated with an increased risk of bleeding stroke, study finds
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
In the first study to examine stroke subtypes in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), older people with late-stage AMD appear to be at increased risk of bleeding stroke, but not a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain. However the findings are preliminary and earlier stage AMD was not linked with any type of stroke.