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Epidemic of blindness on the horizon E


xperts are warning that we are facing a coming epidemic of blindness if we continue spending hours staring at digital screens. The high-energy light emitted from LED television and computer screens, laptops, tablets, video-game consoles, and smartphones can cause irreversible damage to our eyesight by damaging the retinas (the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eyes).


When the retina is exposed LED light, harmful genes and enzymes are stimulated that cause death of retinal cells. Currently, there are nearly a billion devices with LED screens being used in the United States. Of those, nearly 100 million are used by children at home and school. It is urgent that adults take heed and take immediate action to protect themselves and their children from further retina deterioration. Experts recommend that for every 20 minutes you stare at a digital screen, turn your gaze 20 feet away for 20 seconds or more to let the eye muscles relax. Comments: For additional ways to stop retina damage, I recommend using special apps or fi lters that reduce or convert the harmful blue light to a more natural wavelength of light similar to sunlight. One such app for your computer is called f.lux A better solution would be to use Reticare fi lters or wear Spectra 479 glasses. Dr. Daniel Thomas, DO, MS has over 30 years of experience and is one of the nation’s leading authorities in metabolic and nutritional medicine. His offi ce is in Mount Dora. For more information, visit HealthyAndStrong.com or call 352-729-0923.


Even One Drink Daily Increases Melanoma Risk A


Negative Stereotypes Sabotage Girl Soccer Players


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esearchers from Germany’s Goethe University, in Frankfurt, sought to determine the impact that the belief held by some that females are poor soccer players would have on their performance. The study had 36 teenage female soccer players engage in a ball-dribbling drill before and after reading a pertinent article. Half of the subjects read about the perceived incompetence of female soccer players and the other half read a piece about the growing popularity of the sport. The players that read the


study from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown


University, in Providence, Rhode Island, has linked alcohol consumption with an increased risk of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Using data from three studies,


researchers followed 210,252 adults for an average of 18 years each using food-frequency questionnaires to


measure alcohol consumption. Comparing the results to instances of melanoma among the participants, they found that each alcoholic beverage consumed on average per day was associated with a 14 percent increased risk of melanoma. An associated conclusion was that individuals that regularly drank alcohol were 73 percent more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma on the trunk of the body than non-drinkers. “The clinical and biological signifi cance of these fi ndings remains to be determined, but for motivated individuals, counseling regarding alcohol use may be an appropriate strategy to reduce risks of melanoma, as well as other cancers,” explains Eunyoung Cho, Sc.D., the study’s lead author and an associate professor of dermatology and epidemiology at the university.


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negative article needed signifi cantly more time to complete the drill than those that read the positive article, possibly highlighting the impact that negative stereotyping has on women.


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