News on Nearsightedness

Nearsightedness linked to serious eye disease

2011-06-30T14:30:49Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are nearsighted may be nearly twice as likely to also develop glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, according to a new study that summarizes earlier research.

More than two million Americans over 40 have been diagnosed with the eye disease, which is becoming increasingly expensive to treat.

According to one expert, the findings mean nearsighted ...

Incidence Rate and Types of Retinal Pathologies in Patients Who Were Seeking Refractive Surgery

2010-11-29T14:55:12Z

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What Are the Benefits of Bifocals?

2010-11-29T14:35:51Z

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What Is Nearsighted Vision?

2010-11-29T14:35:31Z

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Eyesight: Nearsighted

2010-11-04T14:10:14Z

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Humor: True beauty

2010-11-04T13:53:10Z

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Difference between nearsighted and farsighted

2010-11-04T14:10:03Z

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Is 20/20 eyesight perfect? Random eyeball facts

2010-11-02T18:46:23Z

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Symptoms and Treatments for Nearsightedness

2010-11-02T18:49:50Z

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Contacts are a great alternative to Glasses

2010-11-02T22:17:06Z

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The reason caused myopia and the solving methods

2010-10-07T21:11:33Z

Eyes are the window of the soul. But with the development of science and technology,

people's eyes become more and more bad. For now, the work without advanced technology

and equipment. So some people work day and night is facing the computer and other

advanced equipment. And everyday? man look at these machines, the eye is easy to create

visual fatigue, thus it will damage people's eyes. Not only that, the advanced equipment

to human body more or less has ...

What is Nearsightedness?

2010-11-05T10:12:18Z

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What Are the Different Myopia Symptoms?

2010-11-05T10:19:57Z

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What Is Orthokeratology?

2010-11-05T10:25:33Z

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What Are the Different Myopia Causes?

2010-11-05T10:19:31Z

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Suitable Eyeglasses, Great Self-confidence for Children

2010-10-14T11:49:56Z

At my young age, children with eyeglasses are laughed at as "four eyes", and they always feel they are inferior to other children. They hate eyeglasses. They do not like to wear them in class though they cannot see clearly on the blackboard. After a long time, they may hate to go to school because it is a place with no respect. However, with the coming of information age, television and computer are quite popular. The side effect is more children are nearsighted than before, you may find almo...

Ways On Having a Selection Of Fitting Eyewear for Myopes

2010-09-22T17:38:49Z

As the old saying goes, "All men have a sense of beauty", for the myopia people, the strong sunlight in summer always make them feel "distress" and most of them are choosing the sunglasses for that. Then how should they choose one? Add another pair of Ugg Boots lens outside the myopia ones, or buy a pair of prescri...

5 Easy Exercises to Prevent Nearsighted Eye

2010-09-22T09:17:09Z

Myopia or nearsightedness is one of medical conditions of the eyes that can be a hindrance for carrying out of activities. There are five exercises that you can do for preventing a nearsighted eye.

Myopia is a condition or a vision defect wherein objects in short distances appear clear, while having an inability to see objects at ...

Glasses That Increase Distance Vision

2010-09-11T20:39:47Z

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Matt W. Moore Brings Colored Drawing Into Ray Ban Wayfarer

2010-09-10T03:00:49Z

It is common for everyone to chase for beauty. For people who are near-sightedness., the strong sunlight in summer makes them distressed. So, many of them also choose sun-glasses. So how do the myopia people choose Ugg Boots? Do they add a layer of sunglasses lens in the myopia glasses or wear a pair of sunglasses ...

What is nearsightedness

2010-10-14T11:46:16Z

Nearsightedness or nearsighted eye is also called myopia. Nearsightedness is self-explanatory in its definition. It is a refractive defect of the eye in which in which nearsighted people can see nearby object clearly but have difficulty in reading and seeing objects at a distance. We know the human being's eyes have the ability of focusing images of both nearby and distant objects, because the lens of the eyes can assume a large curvature to focus nearby objects and a flatter shape to bring a...

Eye Disorder Screening May Get Boost From New Study Findings

2010-09-10T20:17:05Z

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What Does it Mean to Be Nearsighted?

2010-11-02T14:32:28Z

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Myopia - Nearsightedness | We Care India

2010-10-14T11:59:52Z

Myopia (Nearsightedness)

Nearsightedness, Or Myopia, As It Is Medically Termed, Is A Vision Condition In Which Close Objects Are Seen Clearly, But Objects Farther Away Appear Blurred. Nearsightedness Occurs If The Eyeball Is Too Long Or The Cornea, The Clear Front Cover Of The Eye, Has Too Much Curvature. As A Result, The Light Entering The Eye Isn't Focused Correctly And Distant Objects Look Blurred.

Nearsightedness Is A Very Common Vision Conditi...

How do Plastic High Index Lenses Work?

2010-11-05T10:06:06Z

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Are implantable lenses safer than laser surgery?

2010-05-13T10:01:18Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Implantable lenses could be a safer alternative to laser surgery for moderately nearsighted people, a British review of earlier research suggests.

Laser surgery - for example, LASIK -- is the standard procedure for nearsighted people who don't want to depend on glasses or contact lenses. It strips off cells from the cornea, the clear tissue covering the eye, thereby flattening it and allow...

Crossed Eyed Kids = Nearsighted Adults?

2010-10-25T14:27:34Z

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2010: 42% Of Americans Now Nearsighted; 1970s Saw Only 25%

2010-10-27T08:16:44Z

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Bifocals may slow kids' nearsightedness progression

2010-04-16T07:29:31Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A prescription for bifocals may help children with rapidly worsening nearsightedness maintain better vision, a new study suggests.

Children with nearsightedness, or myopia, have trouble seeing objects clearly at a distance, and for some, the condition progresses quickly. The tendency toward rapid progression is believed to be inherited, and it has been unclear whether anything can be done ...

Take Care of Our Spectacles

2010-10-07T08:18:59Z

We all know that eyes are very important for us, because our perception of the outside world depends mostly on our eyes. Everyone wishes to have a pair of bright eyes. While when our eyes have problems and we have to wear a pair of glasses, it is necessary for everyone (me included), especially the growing children and teenagers who are nearsighted or farsighted to take good care of their specs, which is good to their eyes and preserve their eyesight.

Frankly, I have suffered from bein...

How to Understand LASIK Enhancement Rate

2010-10-22T16:15:27Z

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How to Ease Eye Strain Fast

2010-10-22T16:10:00Z

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Dramatic Increase in Myopia in Recent Decades

2010-10-24T11:04:38Z

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Trouble seeing? You're not alone

2010-04-16T08:22:45Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Significantly more Americans are nearsighted today than in the early 1970s, a report released today indicates.

Nearsightedness, also called myopia, is when the eyes focus incorrectly to make distant objects appear blurred. This common problem can be treated by corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses or refractive surgery.

Researchers don't know why more Americans are becoming nearsig...

Nearsightedness on the Increase

2010-10-24T10:59:32Z

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Hey, Four-Eyes: Go Outside!

2010-09-10T11:33:10Z

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STAAR Surgical reports progress on application to market products in Japan

2010-10-24T09:50:59Z

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Mister Magoo

2010-10-22T10:26:03Z

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Svyatoslav Nikolay Fyodorov

2010-10-22T10:01:45Z

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New Option for Correcting Nearsightedness

2010-10-26T21:03:26Z

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Not a LASIK Candidate? New Lens Implant May Be for You

2010-10-22T07:33:34Z

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The Beautiful Of Miu Miu Butterfly Bow Satchel

2010-09-09T05:30:21Z

Some girlfriends of mine have hobbies,like buying a lot of make-up,beautiful clothes and shoes.I am a little different from handbags on line and write something about them. I really appreciate the unique pieces of art designed by the elite designers. Sometimes i would spend one hour in searching for the beautiful handbgas and then spend two hours to appreciate them and write something about them.I am really a huge fan of them.

Today i had the opportunity to take a look at the miu miu b...

Kids Who Spend More Time Outdoors Have Better Vision

2010-10-26T12:00:40Z

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Macular Degeneration Risk Studied in an Asian Population; Time Spent Outdoors Impacts Nearsightedness in Children; and Two Treatments to Combat Ocular Surface Cancer

2010-10-23T15:59:05Z

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Kids' eyes need the great outdoors

2010-10-21T10:10:26Z

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The TV-DVD combo isn't dead yet

2010-10-19T12:56:03Z

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STAAR Surgical Eyes Opportunity in Chinese Market

2010-10-19T10:19:36Z

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Laser Surgery Can Correct Nearsightedness

2010-10-23T09:55:08Z

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Feinberg's Thoughts on Malevolence

2010-10-06T08:09:16Z

Very interesting thoughts Feinberg has as for the malevolence, a little part of which is indispensably present in every one of us. Feinberg claims that for a malevolent person hurting the others is often the ultimate pleasure. This is where I must disagree, as much as I do not believe that beneficence itself can be an ultimate pleasure as well. A person who makes «bad» thing is simply a lost individual hoping to find some sort of pleasure by hurting the others. This is just another way...

FDA Approves LASIK to Correct Both Myopia and Presbyopia

2010-10-22T22:57:07Z

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How to Read Your Eyeglass Prescription

2010-10-25T20:52:38Z

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