Earl Smith, OD, '72, PhD, '78 and David Berntsen, OD, '02, PhD, were recently featured in an NEI myopia feature.
Several studies indicate that the prevalence of myopia is increasing in the U.S. and worldwide, and researchers project that the trend will continue in the coming decades. Otherwise known as nearsightedness, myopia occurs when the eye grows too long from front to back. Instead of focusing images on the retina—the light-sensitive tissue in the back of the eye—images are focused at a point in front of the retina. As a result, people with myopia have good near vision but poor distance vision.
For full feature visit the Natioanl Eye Institute's (NEI) website: https://nei.nih.gov/content/myopia-close-look-efforts-turn-back-growing-problem
