Comments on: National Public Radio’s Medical Detectives Explore Increased Nearsightedness in the US http://theeyedocblog.com/2010/02/04/national-public-radios-medical-detectives-explore-increased-nearsightedness-in-the-us/ A resource for patients. What you want to know about your eyes and forgot to ask. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ryan Nelson http://theeyedocblog.com/2010/02/04/national-public-radios-medical-detectives-explore-increased-nearsightedness-in-the-us/#comment-790 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:01:27 +0000 http://theeyedocblog.com/?p=718#comment-790 I firmly believe that there is a strong correlation between time spent doing near tasks and near-sightedness. Why is near-sightedness on the rise?…Our culture is no longer agrarian as it once was. Each year, more and more students are pushed toward higher education and with that comes more time spent doing activities at near.

I’m excited about the SMART study and the potential for ortho-K to reduce the myopic progression. Keep up the good blog posts Dr. Driscoll.

Dr. Ryan W. Nelson
Iowa EyeCare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
http://www.iowaeyecare.com

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