Re: Being born in the summer increases your chance of being short sighted

Lance wrote:


Belkin scientifically demonstrated this correlation 20 years ago.
"It is not a myth at all that people who wear pop-bottle glasses are
smarter. They tend to be," he argues.

Though involved in this recent research regarding myopia, Belkin's
main research subject is lasers and their application for curing eye
disease. "I am studying the effects of lasers on eyes: How to
prevent accidental injuries and how to develop lasers for treatment of
eye diseases such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration -
the leading causes of blindness."

I wonder if anybody is using lasers for geriatric hyperopia. Having been through the pain once, I'm not sure that I'd be up for it myself, but it'd be interesting to know if one could get rid of reading glasses.

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