Who believes that Myopia, or nearsighted on the rise?
Heredity is believed to be a factor in developing myopia, but so too, is the environment. Children and adults just aren’t getting outside as much anymore. Instead, they’re spending more time in the digital world. Some doctors think, this could be the root of the problem. For more and more American’s, life is a blur. A new study by the National Eye Institute shows our vision is getting worse. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is on the rise. In the 70’s, 25% of Americans had trouble seeing things in the distance. Now in this decade, nearsightedness has jumped to 41%. The study’s author, Susan Vitale, says that “while Myopia is pretty easily treated, but when a lot of people, 40 or 50 million people have Myopia, it ends up costing the U.S. about 2 to 3 Billion dollars annually so it is an important problem if it is on the increase.” Sources: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?
Myopia, or nearsightedness, on the rise Wednesday, December 16, 2009 New York (WABC) — Heredity is believed to be a factor in developing myopia, but so too, is the environment. Children and adults just aren’t getting outside as much anymore. Instead, they’re spending more time in the digital world. Some doctors think, this could be the root of the problem. For more and more American’s, life is a blur. A new study by the National Eye Institute shows our vision is getting worse. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is on the rise. In the 70’s, 25% of Americans had trouble seeing things in the distance. Now in this decade, nearsightedness has jumped to 41%. The study’s author, Susan Vitale, says that “while Myopia is pretty easily treated, but when a lot of people, 40 or 50 million people have Myopia, it ends up costing the U.S. about 2 to 3 Billion dollars annually so it is an important problem if it is on the increase.” The study doesn’t look at the causes of Myopia, but experts suggest the dig
Now in this decade, nearsightedness has jumped to 41%. The study’s author, Susan Vitale, says that “while Myopia is pretty easily treated, but when a lot of … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNGaSi5MDzZi9IlhnXAD_xrG8YjqWg&cid=1489462233&ei=RrQpS4jTG4248QSy_q3WAQ&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fabclocal.go.
