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Soaring rates of short-sightedness in children are alarming parents and doctors around the world. Can we turn the tide? In the late 1980s and 1990s, parents in Singapore began noticing a worrying ...

The rates of near-sightedness, or myopia, have been skyrocketing across the world with an increase of 46% in the UK over the last three decades, according to the Daily Mail.

Near-sightedness, formally known as myopia, occurs when the eye elongates, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it, producing blurry vision.

Number of children with near-sightedness increasing globally, study says 01:07. BOSTON - A new study finds a startling number of children worldwide are developing near-sightedness.

Short-sightedness was detected in 22 per cent of six-year-olds – a staggering fivefold jump compared with before Covid. A lack of natural light while spending more time indoors due to pandemic ...

It may be irreversible, but the battle with short-sightedness needs to be contained, if not won. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The short-sightedness of our nation’s banking regulators is astonishing. No wonder so many bank customers and investors have been buying bitcoin (BTC) since Silvergate was shut down.

Soaring rates of short-sightedness in children are alarming parents and doctors around the world. Can we turn the tide? In the late 1980s and 1990s, parents in Singapore began noticing a worrying ...

BOSTON - A new study finds a startling number of children worldwide are developing near-sightedness. About 36% of children and teens globally have myopia or near-sightedness, meaning they have ...