By Sandy Donovan, Colin W. Thompson
An apple an afternoon retains the health care professional away. people use simply ten percentage in their brains. in the event you pass your eyes, they will remain that manner. you have heard those universal sayings and ideology ahead of. yet are they truly actual? Can they be confirmed utilizing technology? Let's examine seventeen health-related statements and discover which of them are correct, which of them are unsuitable, and which of them nonetheless stump scientists! discover if the 5 moment rule for losing meals at the flooring is correct! realize if consuming chocolate may give you zits! See in the event you can inform the adaptation among truth and fiction with Is truth?
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If the hairs are broken, they can never grow back. Then the hearing damage is permanent. This is why it’s important for people who are around loud noise a lot to wear ear protection. Professional musicians, construction workers, and airport workers often wear earplugs on the job. Listening to music on earbuds can be particularly harmful to ears. But turning it down just a little can help prevent hearing loss. Doctors estimate that people can safely listen to iPods at 90 percent volume for only five minutes a day.
It makes focusing on an object very difficult. Getting regular eye exams can help protect your eyes and keep them healthy. The reason focusing is hard for people with strabismus is that each of their eyes sends a different picture to their brain. As a result, their brain receives either a double image or a blurry image. To try to correct the problem, the brain often shuts off the images it gets from one of the eyes. This helps the brain get a clear image—but it also makes one eye get weak. This can lead to another eye condition called lazy eye, or amblyopia.
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