A new study suggests the blood pressure medicine candesartan may prevent diabetic retinopathy, a vision disorder which strikes people with diabetes. In trials on mice, the drug blocked about 70% of the protein which causes vision changes.
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/diabetes/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100252266
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