Show 1272: How Your Eyes Reveal Your Health

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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You may have heard that the eyes are the window to the soul. That could be difficult to prove, but scientists have now shown that the eyes offer significant clues to your overall health. Most exciting is the possibility of assessing brain health based on special imaging of the retina. We speak with a leading […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	For many people the pandemic has resulted in far more screen time than usual.
0:20.0	How might that affect our eyesight?
0:22.0	This is the people's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady.
0:27.0	You've no doubt heard that the eyes are the windows to the soul. We can't prove that.
0:39.0	But exciting research shows that the retina offers researchers a way to examine the Excuse
0:44.1	that the retina offers researchers a way to examine the brain and its overall health.
0:47.0	There have been some important advances in medications for macular
0:51.4	degeneration and glaucoma.
0:53.8	Cataract surgery has also changed.
0:56.7	We'll get the latest updates on eye treatments
0:59.5	from one of the country's leading researchers. Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Headlines, Chile is an unexpected leader in vaccinating its population.
1:23.0	Its Health Ministry reports that almost 87% of eligible adults
1:28.0	are fully vaccinated.
1:30.0	That puts it near the top of countries worldwide just under Qatar and Israel.
1:35.1	The Chilean success is attributed in part to an early start and a culture that embraces
1:40.6	vaccination.
1:42.1	The country has a history of well-organized vaccination campaigns
1:47.0	that they bolstered with 1400 new sites
1:50.0	and a readily accessible national scheduling system.
1:54.0	Public health authorities negotiated contracts with several different vaccine suppliers
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