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Gold nanoparticles used in a macular degeneration mouse model demonstrates ability to bypass photoreceptors and acitvates deeper retinal cell layers that send sends signals to the visual cortex.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 10, 2025 Source:Gold nanoparticles could help the blind see without surgery Reference:Intravitreally Injected Plasmonic Nanorods Activate Bipolar Cells with Patterned Near-Infrared Laser Projection
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Sunday House Call, #623, July 23, 2017: Chili burns your taste buds but not your fat
Sunday House Call, #623, July , 2017: Chili burns your taste buds but not your fat Topics today include: Deconstruction of an ad for Chili Burn (TM) in the National Post misrepresents science with its claims of burning your fat to induce weight loss. Your calls about: A man with Marfan syndrome and a vertebral artery…
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Weak evidence used to state that ASA use increases risk of wet-type macular degeneration
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 24, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: 15-year study finds that Aspirin use ‘triples risk of blindness disease’ Long-term aspirin use ‘increases blindness risk’ Reference: Liew G, Mitchell P, Wong TY, et al. The Association of Aspirin Use With Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA Internal Medicine. Published online January 21 2013
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Little evidence to suggest long-term ASA use increases risk of macular degeneration
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 19, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Long-Term Aspirin Use Linked With Vision Loss: Study Reference: Long-term Use of Aspirin and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Treatments for Seasonal Affective Disorder abound but do they work?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 1, 2009 [display_podcast] Source: Bright Ideas for Treating the Winter Blues
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Regenerating retinal cells in the eye
Eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration result in the loss of vision in a slow and unrelenting fashion due to the deteriorating and damaged retina. A team of scientists at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School has published a study in the March issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual…