Birth control pills may raise eye risks

Women who use oral contraceptives for several years or longer may want to consider having their eyes checked more regularly as they get older. New research suggests that the pills may double their lifetime risk of developing glaucoma, a degenerative eye disease that can cause blindness if left untreated. Research by Louis Pasquale, HMS associate professor of ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, is cited.

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