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Japan makes smart glasses that can cure both nearsightedness and farsightedness
Japanese smart eyewear company Vixion has invented an innovative glasses that can help wearers overcome both nearsightedness and farsightedness.
Nearsightedness
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Students wearing a hat may experience eye strain, headache, and nearsightedness
Students have to look through the plastic for a long time and it will affect their eyes, especially for elementary students, the age of visual formation.
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How to wear a mask without blurring of glass
In the middle of the storm, of course, a mask is needed, but for a team of four eyes, the experience is not easy because the glasses are always blurred by the steam.
Health
Myopia without glasses will encounter any difficulties in everyday life?
Myopia without glasses in special cases will affect the vision in the distance which will obstruct, difficult in work and daily life.
Health
The glasses emitted violet light to prevent nearsightedness
Researchers are collaborating on a design for glasses for myopia children aged 6 to 12 years that can emit purple light.
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600-year history of close-up glasses
In the 13th century, Europe had hand-held convex lenses to overcome farsightedness but it was not until 200 years later that glasses for nearsighted people appeared.
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Myopia is often smarter
Myopia has become a common disease worldwide in recent years. In the US, it affects more than 40% of the population. In the UK, this number ranges from 20-30%.
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Scientific explanation for people with nearsightedness
The answers of doctors are always the same: It's because of genes and reading, using computers too much, though not necessarily.
Medicine - Health
Myopia: The culprit due to light pollution
Dr. Nguyen Van Khai, Director of the Center for Electrochemical Activation Solution & Electricity Saving Lamp, said that students with eye diseases are due to light poll…
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By 2050, more than half of the global population will be nearsighted
Many scientists believe that up to 2050, up to 5 billion people will need to wear glasses.
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Determined cells in the eye cause nearsightedness
A new study in rats showed that you are nearsighted or not due to a specific type of cell in the retina.
Medicine - Health
Half the world's population will suffer nearsightedness by 2050
Half the world's population is equivalent to about 5 billion people who will have nearsightedness by 2050 and the blindness rate of one-third of them will increase signi…
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Eye drops can prevent myopia in children
Researchers have found that using an eye drops with low levels of daily medications for children while they are growing can prevent the progression of nearsightedness.
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Higher level students are nearsighted
A recent survey by the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences shows that nearly 25% of students are nearsighted. Approximately 15% of primary school students (grades…
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Myopia may be due to ... birth date
Poor eyes often involve continuous use of computers, watching television ... But a new study concludes, myopia depends heavily on birth.