Category: Health
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Animals Have More Rights Than Humans
I found this trending on Facebook. (Source: Daily Mail) Zookeepers in Denmark have killed a perfectly healthy young giraffe after deeming him ‘surplus’ to requirements, it was revealed today. Marius, Copenhagen Zoo’s 18-month-old giraffe, was shot with a bolt gun and will be chopped up for the other animals’ dinner.…
Alcoholism: The World’s Favourite Religion
“Strange” Eye Conditions: Complete Blindness
This is our final adventure into eye conditions. It’s time to start writing about other things. Hope you enjoy this last part of the series. *** httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALSjGpG9bwM *** Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003040.htm Blindness is a lack of vision. It may also refer to a loss of vision that cannot be corrected with…
“Strange” Eye Conditions: Colour Blindness
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsups6Mk3I *** Source: http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/ What is colour blindness? Colour (color) blindness (colour vision deficiency, or CVD) affects approximately 1 in 12 men (8%) and 1 in 200 women in the world. In Britain this means that there are approximately 2.7 million colour blind people (about 4.5% of the entire population),…
“Strange” Eye Conditons: Macular Degeneration
This runs in my family. Maybe I’ll get lucky and not get it. *** Source: http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_condition_info_details.asp?disease_id=84&channel_id=2022&relation_id=16451 The macula is a tiny circle in the middle of the retina, a light-sensitive membrane that lines the inside of the back of the eye. In older people, it sometimes begins to deteriorate or…
“Strange” Eye Conditions: Glaucoma
I get tested for this one every time I go see the Ophthalmologist *** Source: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/glaucoma-eyes Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to your eye’s optic nerve and gets worse over time. It’s often associated with a buildup of pressure inside the eye. Glaucoma tends to be inherited and…
“Strange” Eye Conditions: Keratoconus
A friend of mine has this one. *** Source: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/eye-health-keratoconus We see through the cornea, which is the clear, central part of the front surface of the eye. Normally, the cornea has a dome shape, like a ball. Sometimes, however, the structure of the cornea is just not strong enough…
“Strange” Eye Conditions: Cataracts
Source: http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/cataract/cataract_facts.asp A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract can…