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As a child, seeing your parents grapple with memory loss can be truly heart wrenching and terrifying. It feels like losing that sense of security you’ve always had the warmth that brought you solace. You hold onto memories shared with your parents. The inability to relive those moments is deeply...

Diabetes is a chronic condition that also increases the susceptibility to other disorders. It has been estimated that diabetic people are at a 3-4 fold higher risk of hospitalization than those non-diabetic people. Therefore, medications are not sufficient for managing the disorder, and instead...

Retina is the layer in the eye responsible for receiving light signals and converting them into nerve transmissions to be carried to the brain to form a visual representation. This layer contains a region named macula, which enables central vision. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a...

The retina is essential to visual reception and retinopathy can result in partial to complete vision loss. Due to the myriad factors causing disruption in the retinal functions, the cases of retinopathy are on the rise. Although many treatments are available, they emphasize halting the disease...

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. The prevalence of osteoarthritis has increased in the past decade due to diabetes, obesity, and many other disorders resulting from physical inactivity and unhealthy diet. The lack of desired outcomes with the present treatment options has...