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Age-related macular degeneration likely to cause central vision loss: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 24 (ANI): It has been found that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of central vision loss and results in the centre of the visual field being blurred or fully blacked out, finds a recent study.
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Study finds way to prevent age-related metabolic disease
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 16 (ANI): In a bid to find a new treatment for improving metabolic health, researchers have discovered why belly fat surrounding organs increases as people age.
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Gene therapy effective for treating wet age-related macular degeneration:
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 14 (ANI): Recently developed gene therapy seems to be a promising alternative for treating one of the most common causes of blindness, wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), claims a study.
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Healthy diet may lower eye disease risk: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 1 (ANI): An analysis of recent high-quality research reveals that diet may affect individuals' risks related to the development and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Vehicle exhaust pollutants may lead to common eye condition
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 21 (ANI): Long term exposure to pollutants from vehicle exhaust linked to a heightened risk of the common eye condition, age-related macular degeneration, or AMD for short, suggest researchers.
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Wearing hearing aid may help protect brain in later life, researchers sugg
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): People who wear a hearing aid for age-related hearing problems maintain better brain function over time than those who do not, recent findings suggest.
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Veteran actor Dinyar Contractor passes away, PM condoles death
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 5 (ANI): Veteran actor and Padma Shri awardee Dinyar Contractor passed away on Wednesday morning due to age-related ailments. He was 79.
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HIV drug could treat Alzheimer's finds new study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): A new study now finds that an HIV drug significantly reduces age-related inflammation and other signs of ageing in mice.
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Tip to prevent late-life depression
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): A recent study has found a link between age-related hearing loss and depression.
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Eating leafy greens could prevent vision loss
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 22 (ANI): According to a new study eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce your risk of developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that causes vision loss.
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World Senior Citizens Day: AMD, leading cause of chronic blindness in elde
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the important causes of severe visual loss in the elderly population. It constitutes to 8.7% of the world population.
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This World Health Day, let's focus on eye health
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 6 (ANI): Eye health is one of the most ignored topics in the health domain. Eye-related diseases - especially Retinal Diseases like Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Diabetic macular edema (DME) - are disabling.
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