Looking into heart disease

Published: March, 2014

Changes inside the eye can reflect the damage of high blood pressure and help gauge the risk of a future stroke or heart attack.

Over a romantic candlelit dinner, the eyes may be the windows to the soul. In a more prosaic light, they're windows to the heart, or at least mirrors of the health of your heart and blood vessels.

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