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RAJSHAHI, Oct 4, 2022 (BSS)- A daylong workshop on primary eye care and treatment was held here yesterday aimed at

The Ministry of Health – in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) – organised a one-day event on May 9 to provide free general health check-ups, examinations and treatment services to people living in the capital’s Tuol Kork district.

TODAY March 17, 2021 The Group Managing Director of Eleta Eye Institute, Dr Benedictus Ajayi, says that smart phones may help in carrying out eye tests for early warning signs of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Nigeria. Ajayi, a consultant ophthalmologist, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. Newsmen reports that Ajayi spoke on the sideline of the just- concluded World Glaucoma Week, 2021, with the theme: “The World is Bright, Save your Sight”. He described glaucoma as an eye disease often associated with elevated intraocular pressure...

How to Protect Neurons and Encourage Their Growth Many neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma to Alzheimer’s disease, are characterized by injury to axons — the long, slender projections that conduct electrical impulses from one nerve cell to another, facilitating cellular communications. Injury to axons often leads to neuronal impairment and cell death. Researchers know that inhibiting an enzyme called dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) appears to robustly protect neurons in a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases models, but DLK also inhibits axonal regeneration. Until now, there ...