Progressive retinal atrophy, which
also leads to blindness, is often found in Siberian Huskies.
Every year around 100 million people contract Chlamydia infections, which are one of the main causes of female infertility and ectopic pregnancies and can
also lead to blindness — especially in developing countries.
Not exact matches
Interestingly, spiritual dehydration (life without the Savior) can
also lead to irritability, pain, our spirits shriveling and shrinking, spiritual
blindness and death.
Vitamin A deficiency is the
leading cause of childhood
blindness, and
also compromises the immune system, severely reducing the body's ability
to ward off infections, especially in children.
According
to a smaller study, running
also reduces the risk of macular degeneration — the
leading cause of
blindness in developed countries.
This could
lead to a powerful regenerative approach
to treat not only heart failure, but
also brain damage, diabetes, hearing loss, and
blindness.
KENILWORTH, N.J. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, proudly congratulates William C. Campbell, a retired scientist from Merck Research Laboratories, who was jointly named the 2015 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine with Satoshi Omura for the discovery of avermectin, which
led to Merck's development of Mectizan (ivermectin), a treatment for river
blindness (
also known as onchocerciasis) in Africa, Latin America and Yemen.
It has
also been found
to slow the decline of retinal function in those with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that can
lead to blindness, according
to researchers from Harvard.
It can
lead to cardiovascular disease, and is
also an important cause of kidney disease and
blindness.
Lycopene has
also been shown
to help prevent heart disease and may slow the development of cataracts and macular degeneration, an age related vision problem that can
lead to blindness.
Moving beyond «diversity
blindness»
also requires school leaders
to examine any preexisting beliefs and attitudes about minorities that could
lead to feelings of discrimination on the part of minority students or staff.
Pembroke Welsh Corgis can be afflicted with several eye problems including, cataracts, Progressive Retinal Atrophy which causes eventual
blindness, and Retinal Dysplasia, which causes abnormal development of the retina and can
lead to blindness also.
There is
also the risk in humans for the larvae
to migrate
to the eye, this is termed ocular larval migrans, this could then
lead to full or partial
blindness.
Older pets
also can suffer glaucoma — an increased pressure within the eyeball that's very painful and
leads to blindness.
Several studies performed on various animals have
also found that beta - carotene seems
to protect against the
leading causes of
blindness, macular degeneration and cataracts.
If your pet is older, we will
also evaluate for signs of cataracts which, if left untreated, eventually
lead to blindness.
It can
also lead to visual impairment and sometimes
blindness.
(PLL) The Chinese Crested can
also have at least two forms of progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) which can eventually
lead to blindness as well.
Some Havanese breeders have reported that all cases of early - onset cataracts
leading to premature
blindness, and nearly all «other serious health problems reported in Havanese within the past few years, have been in dogs that
also exhibit the symptoms [of chondrodysplasia].»
Ocular syphilis — that is, syphilis infections that spread
to the eyes and can
lead to blindness — is
also on the rise.
For example, among women, research finds that masturbation is linked
to higher self - esteem2 and, among men, it is linked
to a lower risk of developing prostate cancer.3 There is
also no evidence supporting the urban legends that touching oneself
leads to blindness, hairy palms, or tiny genitals.