Eye Conditions

It’s important to check with your doctor if you are suffering from chronic head pain. However, there are some natural remedies you may find helpful.

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Studies find that aerobic exercise is as effective at preventing migraines as the migraine medication topiramate. A study
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Subjects who took Zocor, lipitor or similar statins are more likely to get cataracts than non-statin users.¹  A number of studies assessing data with different mathematical models find that the risk is increased by 27% to 34%.

Cholesterol can build up in the arteries, clogging them and causing strokes and heart attacks. A popular type of drug calls “statins” reduce cholesterol by blocking a substance that body needs to make cholesterol. Around 25% of Americans over the age of 45 take statin drugs to
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Sai Chavala, MD, assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology and director of the Laboratory for Retinal Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina, says a class of drugs known as MDM2 inhibitors, has been successful in tests on mice for both wet and dry macular degeneration.

Macular degeneration is a major cause of vision loss, with millions worldwide affected. The part of the eye that gives us sharp, clear vision
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In this type of central vision loss, blood vessels grow at the back of the eye, which does not occur in the normal eye. The new drug-delivery system, using a biodegradable time-release coating, helped the drug stay in the eye longer.

Tests showed the drug halted the blood vessel growth in mice with similar eye conditions as people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). If further results show it’s effective in humans, it could dramatically reduce the number of injections needed to treat the disease, lowering the risk of infection for patients.
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Most people are aware that diabetics are at risk for This is because high blood glucose, or high blood sugar levels, puts people at risk for these problems. Yet, many of us don’t realize that we all need to be concerned about the dangers of high blood sugar levels to our overall health.

High blood sugar levels produce advanced glycation end products or AGEs. AEGs have been linked to the aging process, heart disease, and dementia, as well as serious eye diseases. And, while AGEs are more
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The potential is great for these stem cells to aid in healing damaged and diseased tissues. Not to mention most adults wouldn’t mind giving up a little extra fat for something that could save lives.

Stem cells are valued tremendously for their ability to transform into any type of tissue. The capability of the cells to grow into anything from bone to nerve to heart translates to the conceivable treatment of countless diseases. Previous research has largely been
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  Approval to distribute the Alpha IMS wireless implant for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has been granted in Europe to Retina Implant AG, based in Reutlingen, Germany.  Thirty-six patients have received the subretinal implant, designed to restore useful vision to people legally blinded by RP.

Retinitis pigmentosa is a generative eye disease that begins in young people and may be inherited. RP patients may be able to
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This newly discovered anatomical structure is named for its discoverer, researcher Dr. Harminder Dua of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Nottingham in the UK. Dua stated that this major discovery will not only cause ophthalmology textbooks to be rewritten, but that this new knowledge will also make eye operations safer and simpler.

The cornea is known as the “clear window” of the eye. Dua’s Layer is a thin but tough structure, near the cornea’s bottom layer. Dua and his colleagues used a specialized technique while dissecting eyes to make this discovery. Previously, science had identified only five layers of the cornea. Dua found the new layer between the corneal stroma (the middle of the cornea) and Descemet’s membrane (the second-to-bottom layer of the cornea).
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New evidence continues to support dietary lutein, carotenoids, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin as a means of inhibiting development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of loss of vision in Western people over age 55.

A study published in 2010, in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Utah, found that production of singlet oxygen in the human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroid is prevented or reduced by lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin, which act as
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