Eyes To Affect The Heart, Brain And Kidney

"Eyes are the peepholes to the heart, brain and kidneys ..."

Scientists at the Centre for Eye Research Australia claim that blood vessels in the retina, at the back of the eye, are believed to may reflect changes in blood vessels in other parts of the body. That's amazingly shocking to believe. Good sources were included to prove this fact. I'll believe in that. Won't you?

This is indeed a new fact reported. Majority of other publications in Australia other than Sydney Morning Herald seem to have reported this as well so it must be true. We have The Age, Brisbane Times, Border Mail, Murray Valley Standard, Wimmera Mail Times, Mandurah Mail, The Examiner Newspaper, The Canberra Times, and Western Advocate. Nevertheless, each of these websites had the same content, the same exact words ... shouldn't there be some creativity to it? They may have bought the stories over from another source but still, if it was to work as news, it should be different. A different angle maybe?

Nevertheless, warnings were stated, good news in my view. A project funded by MBF Foundation is formed where retinal vessels could be photographed and analysed by the computer to determine a patient's risk of a future heart attack or stroke, that would do help to all of us who are afraid if we might have a heart attack or a stroke in the future. Plus, the article included a patient who underwent it, who turned out to be perfectly fit and healthy now because of the machine that warned him he was to have a stroke and so was told to keep a healthy lifestyle. That saved his life for once. Now wouldn't this machine save my life and yours too? Great warning, I'm satisfied. I'm fully convinced because of that one source who underwent it to prove it's true. How impressive.

However, the picture is so inappropriate. Why would I want to see a picture of Tony Hill who was diagnosed with a disease linked to the article? Surely, I would like to see pictures about scientists doing this research or something about eyes ... something to do with the article? Tony Hill isn't the main subject of this news story? This is so misleading. I would have thought this story was about Tony Hill's survival story that has something to do with eye surgery otherwise.

Article Analyzed: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/health-is-in-eye-of-beholder-20090926-g758.html