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  About 25 percent of people in the United States are nearsighted, according to the National Eye Institute.

  About Nearsightedness

  By Elizabeth Stannard Gromisch HERWriter on November 28, 2011 - 10:57am
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  There are two things I have begun to notice in family and the social gatherings I attend: an increasing number of people looking at their cell phones when they ought to be in the ...

  Is It Time for an Eye Exam?

  By Mamta Singh HERWriter on July 16, 2011 - 8:40pm
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  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 summ

  Nearsightedness linked to serious eye disease

  on June 30, 2011 - 1:36pm
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  According to the National Eye Institute (NEI) more than 11 million people in the U.S. have common eye issues.

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  The Importance of Eye Examinations

  Impacted 1 Lives By MC Kelby HERWriter on April 10, 2011 - 3:25pm
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  If you work at a computer for more than two hours each day, and find you have headaches, neck and shoulder pain, dry eyes, and blurred vision, you could have computer vision syndrome ...

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  Eye Health Tip: Protect Against Computer Vision Syndrome

  By Christine Jeffries on February 17, 2011 - 3:05pm
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  Nearly 30 percent of all people in the United States are nearsighted, and that percentage is on the rise.

  Researchers Discover Gene for Nearsightedness

  By Denise DeWitt HERWriter on September 14, 2010 - 4:08pm
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  Vision correction has come a long way since the original hard contact lenses that gained popularity 40 years ago.

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  Permanent Contact Lenses

  By Linda Fugate PhD HERWriter on May 31, 2010 - 4:55am
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  If you’ve dreamed of waking up in the morning able to see clearly, but you don’t want or aren’t a candidate for surgery to correct your nearsightedness, orthokeratology might be for you. ...

  Can Wearing Contacts Fix My Vision?

  By Denise DeWitt HERWriter on May 4, 2010 - 12:23am
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  I just got my first pair of glasses with progressive lenses and the optician told me it would take a couple of weeks to adjust. So far I'm just wearing them a few minutes per day, ...

  Progressive Lenses: Are They for You?

  Impacted 1 Lives By Linda Fugate PhD HERWriter on April 19, 2010 - 1:22pm
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  During the month of April I was asked to write about vision, thus my last three blogs have been about eye health and eye disease. This weekend I had the opportunity to participate in a ...

  Vision is More Than What the Eyes Can See

  By Dr. Daemon Jones Expert HERWriter on April 14, 2010 - 10:54am