The eyes play one of the most significant role in the human senses and keeping it healthy assist maintain a good eye sight for the duration of any individual's lifespan. Millions of people experience eye problems each year ranging from partial alteration of the eyes normal functionality to permanent vision loss or blindness. While some of these ailments are not easily prevented, others can be prevented by proper care or corrected with contact lenses.

The National Eye Institute estimate that in the years between 2010 and 2050, the number of individuals affected by the commonest eye diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma will double.

Many of us are resigned to the fact that as we age, our eyesight will deteriorate. But could we improve our vision, protect our sight, and prevent many of the diseases that compromise the health of our eyes?

A new research shows how a high-salt diet could result to excessive levels of interleukin-17 (IL-17) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, causing changes in endothelial cells that result in dementia.

These findings suggest that therapeutics targeting IL-17 may help halt the neurovascular damages of MS and other autoimmune diseases linked to high levels of IL-17.

Diets rich in sodium chloride are common among Americans, 90 percent of whom surpass the recommended 2,300 mg intake of salt per day. While such diets have been connected with an increased risk for cerebrovascular diseases and dementia, exactly how high levels of salt harm the brain remained unclear.

Eager to find out, researchers at New York’s Weill Cornell University fed mice a high-salt diet, either with 4 or 8 percent of salt, corresponding to a 8- to 16-fold increase in salt content compared to a regular mouse diet.

Ibuprofen has a negative impact on the testicles of young men, a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found.

When taking ibuprofen in doses commonly used by athletes, a small sample of young men developed a hormonal condition that typically begins, if at all, during middle age. This condition is linked to reduced fertility.

The Federal Medical Centre Lokoja in Kogi State, has suffered the irreparable loss of one of its medical doctors to the cold hands of death after he contracted Lassa Fever from a 7-month -old baby who died on Friday 19th January.

Late Doctor Idowu Ahmed Victor, who until his death was a House Officer at the FMC, reportedly contracted the disease on January 19 and was subsequently diagnosed in Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo State.

According to report Kogi State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, Dr Godwin Tijjani, announced the death of Dr Victor and advised healthcare practitioners in the state, to endeavour to observe necessary safety precautions whenever they are attending to patients.

Women with breast cancer often feel rushed to make a decision about surgery, and some of them might benefit from more time and better educational materials to inform their treatment choices, two recent studies suggest.

One study surveyed 487 women after they underwent either a lumpectomy that removes malignant tissue while sparing the rest of the breast, a mastectomy that removes the entire breast, or both procedures.

Regardless of what path they took, at least one in five women said choosing quickly was more important than making an informed decision, and at least as many patients felt like they didn’t have all the facts before their operations.

“A breast cancer diagnosis can feel like an emergency when you are the patient,” said lead study author Dr. Sunny Mitchell, a breast surgeon in Stratford, Connecticut.

“There is actually plenty of time to review all treatment options since survival rates are very high for early-stage breast cancer and do not change if a woman starts treatment within a few weeks,” Mitchell said by email.

Black women with a relatively common form of hair loss may also face a high risk for developing fibroids, a new study suggests.

Fibroids are fibrous growths that develop in the lining of the womb. About 80 to 90 percent of black women (and 70 percent of white women) develop fibroids by the time they're 50. In nearly all cases these growths are benign (noncancerous).

Researchers reviewed four years of data on more than 487,000 adult black women. This included data on a hair loss condition known as central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA).