New study links eye health to aging and heart disease risk
Canadian researchers have found that a person's biological aging rate and risk of heart disease may be inferred from the little blood vessels in their eyes. According to a study that was published in the journal Science Advances, retinal scans could eventually offer a noninvasive insight into the body's overall vascular health and biological ageing condition. New opportunities for early detection and intervention would result from this. "By linking retinal scans, genetics, and blood biomarkers, we have found molecular pathways that help explain how aging affects the vascular system," said Marie Pigeyre, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University in Canada.
"Changes in the retinal blood vessels often mirror changes in the body's small vessels," Pigeyre a...










