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Cholesterol drugs may lower risk of AMD

Birmingham, AL-A study conducted here at the University of Alabama found that people who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are about 50% less likely to have age-related macular degeneration (AMD) than those who do not take the drugs.

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