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Optic Nerve Stimulation Device Could Provide Visual Aid for Blind People

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have developed a new type of intraneural electrode to bypass the eyeball and send messages directly to the brain through the optic nerve. The technique could provide a visual aid for permanently blind people. Using retinal implants to treat blindness is a developing field. The concept… Read More: Optic Nerve Stimulation Device Could Provide Visual Aid for Blind… »

Music festival will no longer charge white people more for tickets

A Detroit music festival has dropped its controversial plan to charge white concertgoers twice as much as people of color — saying it was for the “safety of the community” following a furious backlash. The AfroFuture Fest sparked outrage with its ticketing model for the August 3 event that saw people of color paying a… Read More: Music festival will no longer charge white people more for… »

This Vaccine Is Making Some People Sick

According to the Center for Disease Control, Zostavax is a medication that was licensed in 2006 to treat shingles. It is administered through a shot and only one dose is given to protect individuals from acquiring shingles. While the product is marketed as a safeguard against the shingles virus, the vaccine has caused adverse effects… Read More: This Vaccine Is Making Some People Sick »

Women warned not to ‘vacuum their period’ as two people are hospitalised

Over the last few months medical professionals have been warning women to stop doing all sorts of strange things to their vaginas. From inserting Lush bath bombs in there for pleasure, to putting garlic in their privates to try and cure a yeast infection, we thought we’d heard it all. But it seems that’s not… Read More: Women warned not to ‘vacuum their period’ as two people… »