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doi:10.1038/nindia.2008.293; Published online 6 October 2008
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Turmeric for diabetic blindness
Researchers have found that curcumin, alongside its very many other uses, can block a key biological pathway needed for development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, an eye complication among diabetics that leads to blindness if untreated1.
The study followed an epidemiology study2 in urban Chennai which showed that prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in Indians was lower than that among Europeans.
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