American Academy of Ophthalmology on NEI report on sharp rise in...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 12/14/2009 - 23:00

(American Academy of Ophthalmology) According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the 66.4 percent increase in myopia in Americans since the 1970s, as reported in the recent NIH/National Eye Institute study, is significant, and will impact health-care costs as well as vision quality.


 

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