Myopia, frequently called nearsightedness, can be as inconvenient as it is common. A vision condition that causes nearby objects to appear clear but distant ones to appear blurry, myopia can happen ...

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As humans age, our eyes adjust based on how we use them, growing or shortening to focus where needed, and we now know that blurred input to the eye while the eye is growing causes myopia. It is so ...

ANSWER: Yes, that seems to be the trend, and it has been in the news recently. Nearsightedness is on the rise around the world. It’s called the Myopia Epidemic. One-third of 5 to 19-year-olds are ...

(CNN) — More than a third of children around the world were nearsighted in 2023, and this proportion will rise to almost 40% in 2050, according to new research. Nearsightedness, or myopia, refers to ...