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Study finds dried goji berries may protect against age-related vision loss
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], January 15 (ANI): A new study has found that regularly consuming a small serving of dried goji berries may help prevent or delay the development of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, in healthy middle-aged people.
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Stopping arthritis before it begins
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], December 13 (ANI): The researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently have used a stem cell-based bio-implant to repair cartilage and delay joint degeneration in a large animal model.
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Study finds warning signs of sight loss might be identified before vision
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Southampton [UK], December 12 (ANI): A new study has found that the signs of age-related macular degeneration can be identified even before patients begin to lose their sight.
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Study finds link between eye conditions and heightened dementia risk
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], September 18 (ANI): Age-related macular degeneration, cataract and diabetes-related eye disease are linked to an increased risk of dementia, suggests the findings of new research.
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Study finds eye conditions linked to heightened risk of dementia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], September 14 (ANI): A new research has suggested age-related macular degeneration, cataract and diabetes-related eye disease are linked to an increased risk of dementia.
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Study finds drug cocktail reduces ageing-associated disc degeneration
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): A new study has shown a novel approach for preventing age-related disc degeneration that may pave the way for treating chronic back pain.
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Study: Blood oxygen levels could explain why memory loss is early symptom
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], May 29 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, scientists from the University of Sussex have recorded blood oxygen levels in the hippocampus and provided experimental proof for why the area, commonly referred to as 'the brain's memory centre', is vulnerable to damage and degeneration,
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Gene editing techniques helpful in retinal degeneration treatment
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 23 (ANI): A new study has found that gene-editing techniques like CRISPR-Cas hold the power to rectify inherited retinal degenerative mutations, which are the primary cause of blindness.
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2-year-old girl treated successfully for lower back Spondylolisthesis by K
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): Spondylolisthesis in the lower spine or lower back is where there is a slip of one vertebrae over the other causing Spinal Cord and Nerve Root Compression. This is usually caused due to trauma, degeneration or congenital problems. This
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Study highlights genome altering can help to treat human retinal degenerat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 20 (ANI): A study published in journal Human Gene Therapy shows that gene editing therapies, including CRISPR-Cas frameworks, offer the possibility to address transformations causing inherited retinal degenerations, a leading cause of blindness.
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Age-related macular degeneration could spur better treatments: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 13 (ANI): New research reveals insights into potential drivers of the disease -- which currently has no cure -- that could be targeted through prevention or treatment strategies.
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New insights about age-related macular degeneration could spur better trea
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 12 (ANI): "Wet" age-related C (AMD) is one of the most common causes of irreversible vision loss in the elderly, and it occurs when abnormal and leaky blood vessels form in the retina, in part due to inflammation. New research reveals insights into potential drivers of
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