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What your eyes can reveal about your heart

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The windows to your soul are actually just incredibly accurate crystal balls for your cardiovascular doom. Because the retina is the only place in the human body where doctors can view bare blood vessels without cutting you open, an eye exam can spot micro-vascular damage years before your heart fails. A slight narrowing of these optic veins is a massive red flag that a systemic stroke or heart attack is brewing.

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