Awareness: Nearsightedness Rising in U.S., Study Says

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 14:07 in Health & Medicine

The share of Americans ages 12 to 54 who needed corrective lenses for distance vision was 42 percent in 1999-2004, up from 25 percent three decades earlier.

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