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Laser treatment not effective in preventing vision loss for people with early AMD

According to a study that appears in the November 2006 issue of the journal Ophthalmology, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and 21 other clinical centers have found that low-intensity laser treatment -- thought to be potentially beneficial in slowing or preventing the loss of vision from age-related macular degeneration -- is ineffective in preventing complications of AMD or vision loss.

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