Stopping a medication?
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
Cholesterol's various forms
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
How to fall without injury
How high blood pressure harms your health
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
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When vision problems are actually migraine attacks
Two kinds of migraine involve visual disturbances, such as strange, flickering light patterns. One type is migraine with aura, caused by brain activity. The other is ocular migraine, caused by blood vessel problems in the eye. The attacks may or may not be accompanied by a headache. Drugs called triptans might help soothe migraine with aura. Doctors don't have a way to stop an ocular migraine attack as it's occurring. For many people, the only way to cope is resting and waiting until the symptoms go away.
Diabetes and obesity drug shows promise for fatty liver disease
Semaglutide, a GLP-1 agonist used to treat diabetes and obesity, may also help people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, a severe stage of fatty liver disease, suggests a 2025 study.
Stopping a medication?
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
Cholesterol's various forms
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
How to fall without injury
How high blood pressure harms your health
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
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