@boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down13
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.com@boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareSibbolinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoLet’s hope there is a way to cure it. I always thought it was only genetic, so noone could do anything against a wrong eyeball shape. But this seems very uplifting. I wonder though why this article cites mainly eastern Asian sources. Is the rest of the world not interested in curing myopia?
minus-square@bitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoIt has been a noticeable phenomena in East Asia for about 2 decades longer than the West. They’ve been studying it longer/have more data.
Let’s hope there is a way to cure it.
I always thought it was only genetic, so noone could do anything against a wrong eyeball shape. But this seems very uplifting.
I wonder though why this article cites mainly eastern Asian sources. Is the rest of the world not interested in curing myopia?
It has been a noticeable phenomena in East Asia for about 2 decades longer than the West. They’ve been studying it longer/have more data.
Source: I made it the fuck up