Serious Readers Blog

Are we getting enough sunlight? Experts now say “No”…
Monday 06 March 2017
After years of UV health warnings in the USA, a landmark study published in the prestigious journal Dermato-Endocrinology now calls insufficient sun exposure an “emerging health problem” for Americans.
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Are we getting enough sunlight? Experts now say “No”…

6 Mar 2017
An end to injections for AMD?
Friday 03 March 2017
Most people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are all too familiar with the unpleasant treatment regimen of repeated injections of drugs into their eye.
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An end to injections for AMD?

3 Mar 2017
The App that gives Sight
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Be My Eyes was created by a 50 year old Danish furniture craftsman, Hans Jørgen Wiberg, who started losing his vision when he was just 25.
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The App that gives Sight

28 Feb 2017
One in the eye for Dry Eye
Monday 27 February 2017
Many Serious Readers suffer from eye conditions. For those who experience Dry Eye, Blepharitis or inflammation, a new product has just been launched which could prove a welcome addition to the overnight bag.
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One in the eye for Dry Eye

27 Feb 2017
Is smart lighting a hacker’s dream?
Wednesday 18 January 2017
Over the past few year, smart lighting has become a byword for home energy efficiency.
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Is smart lighting a hacker’s dream?

18 Jan 2017
Light therapy proves effective in early prostate cancer treatment
Tuesday 17 January 2017
Coming hard on the tail of the news that photoimmunotherapy (PIT) may represent an option for those with head and neck cancer trial results have now been published which suggest that light therapy may also provide an option for those suffering from low...
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Light therapy proves effective in early prostate cancer treatment

17 Jan 2017
From Sewing Machines to Spacecraft… the Serious story
Friday 13 January 2017
Serious Reading Lights have become a byword for reading comfort, but there’s more to the brand than meets the eye, as we discover in 60 seconds with Founder Alex Pratt OBE
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From Sewing Machines to Spacecraft… the Serious story

13 Jan 2017
Research links gut microbes with Macular Degeneration
Monday 09 January 2017
Canadian researchers studying why obesity is a risk factor in the formation of wet AMD have discovered that gut bacteria which form as the result of a high fat diet may be to blame.
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Research links gut microbes with Macular Degeneration

9 Jan 2017
Treating cancer with light now proven to work
Friday 09 December 2016
Scientists claim to have proven the effectiveness of a radical new natural treatment for cancer which could change the way we approach therapy.
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Treating cancer with light now proven to work

9 Dec 2016
MPs support initiative to acknowledge the risk of sight impairment to drivers
Thursday 08 December 2016
It is estimated that 2,900 road casualties are caused by poor vision every year in the UK. But just how important is good vision to drivers themselves?
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MPs support initiative to acknowledge the risk of sight impairment to drivers

8 Dec 2016
Alzheimer's proteins could cause Macular Degeneration
Wednesday 07 December 2016
Researchers at the University of Southampton have discovered that a group of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s Disease may be responsible for triggering Macular Degeneration, giving new hope for better treatment of the disease.
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Alzheimer's proteins could cause Macular Degeneration

7 Dec 2016
New photosynthesis discovery could re-write text books
Thursday 27 October 2016
Boffins at Imperial College London have made a ground-breaking discovery at the heart of photosynthesis that it could mark a step change in the quest for more efficient agriculture and food production.
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New photosynthesis discovery could re-write text books

27 Oct 2016