The eyes can reveal warning signs
of many diseases
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Early dementia could be detected with a simple
eye test, similar to those used to test for high blood
pressure and diabetes, US scientists believe.
The test, developed by a team led by Dr Lee Goldstein,
of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, uses a non-invasive
laser to study the lens of the eye.
It checks for deposits of beta-amyloid - the protein
found in the brains of those with Alzheimer's disease.
The procedure has worked in a trial in mice, a conference
in Spain heard.
During the trial, a brief pulse of infrared light
into the eyes of four mice with Alzheimer's and four
without accurately identified which had the condition.
Dr Goldstein and his team envisage the test could be
used to detect the disease at its earliest stages as
well as to track disease progression and monitor how
people respond to Alzheimer's treatments.
Currently there is no simple test to make a diagnosis
of dementia and it can only be confirmed with certainty
by looking at someone's brain in a post-mortem examination.
The scientists believe the technology, known as quasi-elastic
light scattering, may detect the very earliest stages
of amyloid deposits in the lens, even when they appear
completely clear to the naked eye.
Early detection window
The amyloid deposits appear as unusual cataracts. These
are different from common, age-related cataracts.
Dr Goldstein told the International Conference
on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in Madrid: "Amyloid
in the lens can be detected using extremely sensitive,
non-invasive optical techniques.
"This makes the lens an ideal window for
early detection and disease monitoring in Alzheimer's."
The scientists acknowledge that much more work is needed
before such a test could be available to use in patients.
Professor Clive Ballard, of The Alzheimer's Society,
said: "This exciting study uses a new imaging technique
which has enormous potential as a relatively inexpensive
and non-invasive way to chart the growth of amyloid,
the protein at the core of the plaques which develop
in the brain in a person with dementia.
"But we are long way from eye scans being regularly
used to diagnosis someone with dementia.
"More research is needed to show exactly how the amount
of protein in the eye relates to development of dementia."
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How irises 'reveal personalities'
It may be possible to read a person's personality
through their eyes, Swedish researchers have said.
They have detected patterns which show warm-heartedness
and trust or neuroticism and impulsiveness.
The team from Orebro University read pits and lines
in the irises of 428 people.
Experts said the study in Biological Psychology showed
that at least some aspects of personality were determined
by genetics.
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You would not want to arrest somebody
on the basis of their iris
Dr George Fieldman, psychologist
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Close-up pictures were taken of the study participants'
irises, and they also filled out a questionnaire about
their personalities.
The researchers looked at crypts (pits) and contraction
furrows (lines curving around the outer edge of the
iris), which are formed when pupils dilate.
It was found that those with more crypts were likely
to be tender, warm and trusting, while those with more
furrows were more likely to be neurotic, impulsive
and give in to cravings.
'Trajectories'
The researchers suggest that a neurodevelopmental
gene called PAX6 could also play a major role.
It is known to help control the development of the
iris in an embryo.
Previous research has also shown that a mutation
of PAX6 is linked to impulsiveness and poor social
skills.
The team, led by
Dr Matt Larsson a behavioural scientist, said: "These
findings support the notion that people with different
iris configurations tend to develop along different
trajectories in regards to personality.
"Differences in
the iris can be used as a biomarker that reflects
differences between people."
Dr George Fieldman,
principal lecturer in psychology at Buckinghamshire
Chilterns University College, said: "This
is very interesting. It shows that some aspects of
personality have a genetic base and to identify them
in the eye in this fascinating way is significant.
"It is surprising
that this is possible. But it seems that the old
aphorism that 'the eyes are the window to the soul'
has some genetic basis."
He said it opened up the possibility that security
services could one day use the technique to analyse
people.
Airports, including Heathrow, Manchester and Gatwick
are already testing iris scanning to identify people
- but are not to check personality traits.
But Dr Fieldman
added: "Security services would have
to use such technologies with some caution. You would
not want to arrest somebody on the basis of their iris."
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine
A vaccine
that is claimed to prevent cancer is causing damage that
is a precursor to cancer?
Naturopath and Iridologist Michael Blake, of Natures
Cure Pty Ltd in Dandenong, Melbourne
(web site http://www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/therapist/6025)
is very concerned at what he has seen in the irises
of four girls recently and his conscience will not
allow him to stay silent.
In the area of the iris that corresponds to the uterus,
in three of the girls he saw tissue damage, and in
the fourth he saw drug residue. In each of the four
cases, on reporting back to the patient what he was
observing, he was informed that the girl had recently
received the cervical cancer vaccine. All were virgins.
Tissue damage in the uterus is what he sees in women
who have had such things as abortions and prolapses,
and can be a precursor to cancer. It can also cause
infertility - as it can prevent the embryo from being
able to hold on to the uterus wall. It also often results
in lack of sensitivity with sexual intercourse, pain,
discomfort and/or frequent discharges.
Note that it has already been observed that one of
the ingredients in the vaccine, polysorbate 80, has
been observed to cause infertility in mice. Add to
that borax, which is used to kill ants, add neurotoxic
immune system sensitiser aluminium hydroxyphosphate,
and directly inject all of that and any viral material
(which is not proven to be in a harmless form) past
the very important natural lines of defence in the
immune system, then what do you think we are asking
for, trouble or protection? I can't tell you what to
do - you must figure it out for yourself.
Note also that the primary owners
of the main pharmaceutical companies, including the
manufacturer of this vaccine, are the extremely wealthy
and powerful Rockefeller family. It is well documented
that this family prefers to work behind the scenes,
and they have also expressed a strong belief in population
control. David Icke in his book entitled, "... and the truth shall set you
free", wrote:
'In 1952, after decades of
funding and supporting eugenics, John D. Rockefeller
III established his Population Council, which still
exists today. This Elite front has been calling
for zero population growth in the United States
and, in the words of its 1979 annual report: ... "the spread of the zero
population movement... in the developed countries." '
In the population control agenda
there does seem to be a particular interest in reducing
the population of those of what is considered "lesser stock" (see http://www.thinktwice.com/birthcon.htm),
yet all sections of the community are encouraged to
receive the vaccine, but do you know which schools
and localities are getting which batches of vaccine?
Something to think about.
By the way, as all other vaccines,
no proper placebo-controlled studies have been done
with this vaccine. The so-called placebo group receives
an injection of aluminium hydroxyphosphate "and
everything else present in the adjuvant", according
to the contact researcher for the major trials. Why
don't they receive an inactive substance, which is
what a placebo is defined to be? Apparently because,
in the understanding of this researcher, "In vaccine
trials,... (it) is usual, good clinical practice, to
give adjuvant to the placebo arm." So what are these
researchers (manufacturer-funded, of course) so afraid
of, that they will not give a proper placebo to the
placebo group?
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