What are the leading causes of blindness?
What are the leading causes of blindness?
Glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration are two of the leading causes of blindness in Americans. Janine Austin Clayton, MD, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), describes who is at risk and ways to catch these problems early.
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