Many alternative medicine health care providers feel that consuming certain herbal teas during pregnancy is a great way to support optimal pregnancy health. Herbal teas can often provide an additional source of nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, and iron.
Early and late AMD prevalence rates were 3.0% and 0.1%, respectively, among participants. The age-standardized prevalence rates among participants aged 50+ years were 4.7% and 0.2%, respectively. After controlling for age, men had a higher prevalence of early (3.9% vs. 2.3%, odds ratio [OR] 1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-2.2) and late AMD (0.1% vs. 0.03%; OR 3.5; CI, 0.4-33.4) compared with women.
Some 4203 individuals (mean age, 73 years) participating in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2), who were at risk of progression to advanced age-related macular degeneration (because of the presence of bilateral large drusen or large drusen in 1 eye and advanced macular degeneration in the other eye), were randomly assigned to receive, in ...