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Factors Contributing to Women’s Hair Loss

Most female-pattern baldness is inherited. Other causes of hair loss include: - illnesses such as diabetes, lupus and thyroid disease - poor nutrition - Fad diets, crash diets and certain illnesses, such as eating disorders, can cause poor nutrition. - Medications. Certain drugs used to treat gout, arthritis, depression, heart…
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Vitamin C protects the skin

Research conducted at the University of Leicester in England, reported this year in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine, contributes to the understanding of the mechanisms involved in vitamin C's ability to help heal and protect the skin. The vitamin is an essential cofactor for the synthesis of collagen,…
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Can Eating Dark Chocolate Lower the Risk of Fatal Heart Attacks?

Researchers in Sweden have recently published a study assessing the long-term effects of chocolate consumption on patients with established coronary heart disease. In the study, published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, researchers followed 1169 non-diabetic patients hospitalized with a confirmed first heart attack between 1992 and 1994 in Stockholm…
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Retinal Implants Can Restore Some Lost Vision

MIT engineers have designed a retinal implant for people who have lost their vision from retinitis pigmentosa or age-related macular degeneration, two of the leading causes of blindness. The retinal prosthesis would help restore some vision by electrically stimulating the nerve cells that normally carry visual input from the retina…
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New Study Shows Role of Role of Reactive Oxygen in the Spreading of Cancer

Scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in California say they've discovered reactive oxygen plays a key role in cancer metastasis. The researchers, led by Professor Sara Courtneidge, said they determined reactive species, such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, help form invadopodia which are cellular protrusions implicated in cancer…
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A Step Towards a Cure for Color-Blindness

Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Florida have used gene therapy to cure two monkeys of color blindness. An article published online in the journal Nature discusses the potential for this type of gene therapy to treat adult vision disorders involving cone cells, including color blindness…
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New Recommendations for Daily Sugar Consumption

How much sugar can you safely eat in a day? The answer is probably less than you think. Although Americans are used to eating more than 22.2 teaspoons (or 355 calories) of added sugar a day, the recommended limit is 10 teaspoons, or 100 calories a day. A new study…
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Showerheads a breeding ground for bacteria

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences warns of bacterial buildup in showerheads and the effect that may have on people with compromised immune systems. The opportunistic microbes, which thrive in the most, dark and wet environment of a showerhead, might cause problems if…
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New Harvard Study links 45,000 U.S. deaths to lack of insurance

Researchers in a new Harvard estimated that nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year, nearly one every 12 minute due to lack of health care insurance. American adults age 64 and younger who lack health insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who…
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Increasing antioxidants may help Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PES)

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PES) is an eye condition that leads to glaucoma. This condition has been called this because deposits on the surface of the lens look like flakes of dandruff, as if the lens capsule has exfoliated (shed the flakes). This is due to parts of the eye creating these…
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NaturalEyeCare™ started in 1999 to help the public and professionals learn about complementary care in eye disease treatment.

The information and recommendations we offer are based on over 30 years of peer review research and personal clinical experience which guides us in providing a valuable resource to our readers, customers and patients regarding maintaining healthy vision naturally.

We believe that vision health is intimately connected to overall mental, physical and spiritual health. Therefore we encourage people to look at their overall lifestyle and diet as part of keeping healthy vision and reducing the risk of eye disease onset. This includes diet, regular exercise, and management of daily stress. If one has health issues such as high blood pressure, a thyroid imbalance, any autoimmune disease and/or are on medication(s), these possible contributions to eye disease should considered when working with your health care professional.

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