New dementia research highlights two surprising risk factors you can address today
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Dementia research is evolving quickly, and the latest findings offer more actionable steps for prevention. A 2024 report in The Lancet has added two more items to the list of modifiable risk factors for dementia: untreated vision loss and high cholesterol Read More...
Artificial retina may treat one of the main causes of vision loss in adults
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that gets worse over time and can lead to total blindness in its later stages, making it one of the leading causes of vision loss in older people. A new treatment developed by researchers in Spain holds real potential to treat this Read More...