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Vehicle exhaust pollutants may lead to common eye condition
Updated : 6 years, 9 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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Eating leafy greens could prevent vision loss
Updated : 7 years, 7 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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Say no to hair woes!
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 10 (ANI): As people are getting busy with their hectic work schedule - with little to no time left for self-care and pampering - hair fall is increasingly becoming a common problem.
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World Senior Citizens Day: AMD, leading cause of chronic blindness in elde
Updated : 7 years, 9 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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Oranges keep macular degeneration at bay
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 13 (ANI): An orange a day can keep macular degeneration away!
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Psychological stress could cause blindness
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): Did you know! Psychological stress can also cause vision loss, finds a study.
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Do environmental factors have an effect on rheumatoid arthritis?
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): In a new mouse study, researchers have found a link between rheumatoid arthritis and environmental pollutants.
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This World Health Day, let's focus on eye health
Updated : 8 years, 1 month 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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Can dim light make us dumber?
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA}, Feb 6 (ANI): Did you know dim light could make you dumber?
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Exercise, good diet can keep arthritis at bay
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 29 (ANI): Losing weight through a balanced diet and exercise or diet alone can help keep your knees healthy in the long run, reveals a recent study.
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Researchers find way to stop vision loss among elderly
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have found the trigger for macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly.
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This gene can cause vision loss in middle-age
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 07 (ANI): A team of scientists has recently discovered a gene that may damage eye cells by gradual degeneration of retina, causing sight-loss in middle age.
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