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HIV Drug, Lamivudine, Potentially Effective Against Diabetic Eye Disease
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 — A cheap HIV drug might be able to help people with diabetes reverse a complication that can lead to blindness, a new small-scale study says. The drug, lamivudine, appears to i...
Lamivudine Improves Visual Acuity in Center-Involved Diabetic Macular Edema
MONDAY, June 2, 2025 – For patients with center-involved diabetic macular edema (CI-DME), lamivudine improves visual acuity, according to a study published online May 27 in Med. Felipe Pereira,...
Exposure to Certain HIV Drugs May Significantly Lower Risk for Alzheimer Disease
TUESDAY, May 20, 2025 – Exposure to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), which treat HIV and hepatitis B and inhibit inflammasome activation, is associated with a significantly lower...