Nearsightedness Is On The Rise

By Maggie Mertens All those video games, PDAs and television shows that get some of the blame for the obesity epidemic may be hurting your eyes, too. Myopia -- or nearsightedness -- has skyrocketed since the 1970s says a study in the latest Archives of Read More...

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Posted Dec 15 2009, 01:31 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
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