A group of scientists in Nature Communications wrote that glaucoma is based on an immunological breakdown. Scientists observed mice with glaucoma that had a lower intraocular pressure. It turns out that there were a lot of T-cells in their retinas. Usually, these cells cannot get in there, but somehow they penetrated. Are they to blame … Continue reading AUTOIMMUNE SENSATION – GLAUCOMA AS IT IS
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Sugar has never tortured humanity the way it does right now. Either we’ve become more sensitive to it, or we’ve been bound as “hostages” by the “conspirators”. There’s an opinion that we only taste 20% of the sugar that’s in our food. The rest goes from the stomach and into the bloodstream unnoticed. There, sugar … Continue reading PROGRESS MADE, OR THE END OF “THE SUGAR CONSPIRACY”
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The retina is kind of a portal to your brain. According to new data, Alzheimer’s can show itself through some eye diseases that affect the retina. There are so many people on Earth with dementia that they could start their own country. 46 million. In another 30 years, the population of that country will swell … Continue reading WHAT DOES YOUR RETINA SAY ABOUT YOU
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A heat wave: should we drink warm or cold liquids? In the East, they drink green tea on one side and ayran on the other. One theory says that heating yourself from the inside causes you to sweat. This cools you. Another opinion intuitively advises to avoid warm liquid. They say it’s dehydrating. If you believe … Continue reading A HEAT WAVE: WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN’T
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Surprising fact – the simplest of parasites, that which causes toxoplasmosis, affects the proclivity for business and risky behavior in business transactions. This discovery was made by Colorado scientists. They were studying the connection between Toxoplasma gondii and behavior. You can catch this valuable protozoa through poorly-cooked meats, dirty water, or contact with the feces … Continue reading TOXOPLASMOSIS AS AN ENGINE OF PROGRESS
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The bacteria living inside of us can be both allies or enemies. It turns out that it’s not that simple, though. Scientists from Los Angeles described the effect of gastrointestinal microflora on different regions of the brain. All participants in this experiment were divided into three groups. The first group ate probiotic yogurt twice a … Continue reading THE INFLUENCE OF BACTERIA ON THE SOUL
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Earlier dinner reduces the risk of two evils – both breast and prostate cancer. It’s long been known that earlier is better, as well, in light of our circadian rhythms. Spanish (more specifically Catalan) scientists have now shown, however, that there is a correlation between these forms of cancer and a late dinner. What is … Continue reading A LATE DINNER IS BETTER POSTPONED UNTIL MORNING
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It won’t likely be a surprise to you if I say that the eyes can respond to sound. But have you ever heard, that 1% of the population has a special sensitivity to these particularly unbearable frequencies. If a person like this hears, for example, the booming voice vibrating at a certain frequency, not unlike … Continue reading WHEN MUSIC BECOMES TORTURE FOR THE EYES
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What’s the deal with oranges and blindness? And what does this have to do with gibberish? New research shows that people with a weakness for oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration than those who hate them. Macular degeneration is a common cause of blindness among relatively elderly folks. For 15 years, researchers monitored … Continue reading ORANGES, GIBBERISH, AND BLINDNESS
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Rods and cones, or the photo-receptors in our retinas, need a lot of energy in order to function. Otherwise, they cannot function normally, receiving photons and generating electrical impulses to the brain. This is the “picture” that we see. Recently, the secret economics governing the inside of our eyes has been revealed. The eye is … Continue reading RODS AND CONES: INSIDE THE EYES’ LIVELY ECONOMY
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