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Myopia prevention — from evidence to practice
The worldwide prevalence of myopia is expected to increase from 1.4 billion people at present to 4.7 billion people by 2050. More alarming is the suggestion from a recent meta-analysis that the prevalence of high myopia will increase by more than 300% to approximately 938 million people by 2050. Myopic retinopathy has become a leading cause of blindness worldwide.Previous schools of thought attributed the cause of myopia to genetics, although it is clear now that this cannot explain the increasing prevalence to epidemic levels, particularly in East Asian populations, over (Read more...)