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HALEH V. SAMIEI, THE WASHINGTON POST
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-06-2003

Inhaled steroids and cataracts
By HALEH V. SAMIEI, THE WASHINGTON POST
Date: 10-06-2003, Monday
Section: HEALTH
Edtion: All Editions.=.Late Edition. Early Edition
Column: QUICK STUDY

THE QUESTION: Do inhaled steroids - which some people with asthma and other immune-related disorders use for extended periods - have any effect on cataract risk?

PAST STUDIES have shown that steroids taken by mouth or through injection may increase the risk of cataracts. It is uncertain whether this is also true of inhaled steroids.

THIS STUDY involved 15,479 people with cataracts and an equal number without cataracts. Almost 12 percent of ...

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