OPINION: Dr Ken Romeo 775-870-6942
Retinal cells become increasingly vulnerable to injury as we get older.
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Scientists recently showed that the vulnerability to eye injury and retinal protection could be modified with exercise.
In middle-aged mice models, they found that exercise protected against dysfunction and cell loss after an acute injury induced by elevation of intraocular pressure.
Who would have thought that exercise could be good for the eyes?
Source: Aging Cell. 2016 Sep 9. doi: 10.1111/acel.12512
Yours in Health!
Dr. Ken Romeo
Dr. Ken Romeo is a Principal and Chief Clinical Data Coordinator for the Healthy Aging Research Foundation (HARF) in Reno, NV.
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