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Hardly anyone uses this surprisingly simple fix for high blood pressure

September 22, 2025 0 Comments #039, amp, Diet and Weight Loss, Diseases and Conditions, Eye Care, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Pharmacology, s Healthcare, Today&amp

Despite strong evidence that salt substitutes can safely lower sodium intake and reduce high blood pressure, very few Americans use them. A new analysis of nearly 20 years of national health data found that usage peaked at just over 5% and then declined, even among those with hypertension. Researchers say this represents a major missed opportunity to improve heart health, especially since salt substitutes are inexpensive and effective.

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Scientists build micromotors smaller than a human hair

September 22, 2025 0 Comments #039, Alternative Medicine, amp, Artificial intelligence, Diseases and Conditions, Eye Care, Internet, Mobile Computing, s Healthcare, Spintronics Research, Today&amp

Using laser light instead of traditional mechanics, researchers have built micro-gears that can spin, shift direction, and even power tiny machines. These breakthroughs could soon lead to revolutionary medical tools working at the scale of cells.

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Three-person DNA IVF stops inherited disease—eight healthy babies born in UK first

July 25, 2025 0 Comments Diet and Weight Loss, Eye Care, Fertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Public Health, Retail and Services, Scientific Conduct, STEM Education

In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three people—two parents and a female donor. The process, known as pronuclear transfer, was designed to prevent the inheritance of devastating mitochondrial diseases passed down through the mother’s DNA. The early results are highly promising: all the babies are developing normally, and the disease-causing mutations are undetectable or present at levels too low to cause harm. For families once haunted by genetic risk, this science offers more than treatment—it offers transformation.

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Vision scientists disprove 60-year-old perception theory

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Diseases and Conditions, Eye Care, Healthy Aging, Human Biology, Perception, Psychology

Vision researchers have disproved a long-standing theory of how the human vision system processes images, using computational models and human experiments. The findings could have implications for the understanding of human vision and diagnosis of vision anomalies.

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Rare diseases: Over 300 million patients affected worldwide

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Asthma, Crohn's Disease, Diseases and Conditions, Eye Care, Health Policy, Infectious Diseases, Public Health Education, Today's Healthcare

Rare diseases represent a global problem. Until now, the lack of data made it difficult to estimate their prevalence. The Orphanet database, which contains the largest amount of epidemiological data on these diseases taken from the scientific literature, has made it possible to obtain a global estimate.

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Telescope technology used to take first accurate images of glaucoma-related eye structure

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Cosmetic Surgery, Diseases and Conditions, Eye Care, Medical Devices, Medical Imaging, Medical Topics, Patient Education and Counseling, Today's Healthcare

Researchers have used adaptive optics technology to create the first undistorted microscopic images of the eye's trabecular meshwork, which could help improve treatment for glaucoma.

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New approach to slowing nearsightedness in children shows promise

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Child Development, Child Psychology, Children's Health, Chronic Illness, Educational Psychology, Eye Care, Infant's Health, K-12 Education

Combining 2 different treatment methods to slow the progression of myopia may deliver better results than either can achieve on their own.

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Another reason to get cataract surgery: It can make you 48% safer on the road

October 12, 2019 0 Comments Bioethics, Brain Injury, Cosmetic Surgery, Dementia, Eye Care, Perception, Public Health, Transportation Issues, Wounds and Healing

Researchers in Australia used a driving simulator to test patients' vision before and after cataract surgery. They found that near misses and crashes decreased by 48% after surgery.

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In-office gene therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration is coming

October 12, 2019 0 Comments Birth Defects, Diseases and Conditions, Eye Care, Gene Therapy, Genes, Medical Topics, Personalized Medicine, Wounds and Healing

Gene therapy is showing promise for one of the most common causes of blindness.

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