Shortsightedness

An estimated 9.6 million adults in the US are highly myopic, or severely nearsighted, a new large-scale study has claimed.

Over the past few years, LASIK has become very popular among people worldwide. It has made an enormous difference to people with near sight, far sight and astigmatism.

Myopia or shortsightedness is one of the most common refractive errors. Apart from being genetically determined, increasing body of evidence shows that a child's early exposure to visual media may have a major role to play in the onset of myopia. In a report on myopia from the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, the author quote...

An estimated 9.6 million adults in the US are highly myopic, or severely nearsighted, a new large-scale study has claimed.

Over the past few years, LASIK has become very popular among people worldwide. It has made an enormous difference to people with near sight, far sight and astigmatism.

Myopia or shortsightedness is one of the most common refractive errors. Apart from being genetically determined, increasing body of evidence shows that a child's early exposure to visual media may have a major role to play in the onset of myopia. In a report on myopia from the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, the author quote...