2 Mar 2013

Myopia epidemic

From This Way Up, 1:40 pm on 2 March 2013

Shortsighedness rates are approaching 100 percent in parts of Asia. So what's causing this myopia epidemic and what serious eye problems could this be storing up for future? Professor Chris Hammond of Kings College London is working to understand the causes of shortsightedness.

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