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Run away from eye disease.(NEWS FLASH: THE LATEST RESEARCH)(Brief article)

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Vigorous exercise can help to ward off leading causes of vision loss, cataracts, and age-related macular degeneration, according to two studies published in Investigative Ophthalmology, & Visual Science. Researchers tracked a total of 41,000 runners for more than seven years and found that men and women who ran several miles daily reduced ...

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