... visual function is lowering IOP. Lowering IOP by 20-40% has been shown to reduce the rate of progressive visual field loss by half. Despite the fact that IOP-lowering interventions reduce the risk of progression and delay the onset of glaucoma, its pathogenesis is controversial and not completely...

..., except from their lipid lowering effects, statins also have pleiotropic effects, independent of their lipid lowering effect, that theoretically have beneficial effects on the peritoneal membrane remodeling. Use of alternative osmotic agents as well as nutritional interventions has also been reported...

... Recent cholesterol-lowering drug trials have been very disappointing for cholesterol experts and the cholesterol drug industry. Three events as important in terms of media coverage as of science and medicine are held each year around the issue of cholesterol: the annual meeting of the American...