The epidemics of myopia: Aetiology and prevention.
Ian G. Morgan,Ian G. Morgan,Amanda French,Regan Ashby,Xinxing Guo,Xiaohu Ding,Mingguang He,Kathryn A. Rose +7 more
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Combining increased time outdoors in schools, to slow the onset of myopia, with clinical methods for slowing myopic progression, should lead to the control of this epidemic, which would otherwise pose a major health challenge.About:
This article is published in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research.The article was published on 2017-09-23 and is currently open access. It has received 551 citations till now.read more
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FIGURE 4 Relationship between prevalence of myopia in adults and state of development of the education system Data taken from: Czepita et al., 2007; Dandona et al., 2002b: Ding et al., 2017; French et al, 2013a; Guo et al., 2015; Holm, 1937; Jung et al. 2013; Koh et al., 2014; Lin et al., 2004; Maul et al., 2000: McCullough et al. 2016; Murthy et al., 2002; Naidoo et al., 2003; Pokharel et al, 2000; Shih et al., 2009; Skeller, 1954; Wu et al., 2013a; Zhao et al., 2000; and unpublished data from the Guangzhou Twin Eye Study
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Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
TL;DR: Age-adjusted prevalence of blindness has reduced over the past three decades, yet due to population growth, progress is not keeping pace with needs, and face enormous challenges in avoiding vision impairment as the global population grows and ages.
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Novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The importance of recognising possible early ocular manifestation and using protective eyewear.
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Education and myopia: assessing the direction of causality by mendelian randomisation
Edward Mountjoy,Neil M Davies,Denis Plotnikov,George Davey Smith,Santiago Rodriguez,Cathy Williams,Jeremy A. Guggenheim,Denize Atan +7 more
TL;DR: This study shows that exposure to more years in education contributes to the rising prevalence of myopia, and increasing the length of time spent in education may inadvertently increase the prevalence ofMyopia and potential future visual disability.
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Human health in relation to exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation under changing stratospheric ozone and climate
Robyn M. Lucas,Robyn M. Lucas,Seyhan Yazar,Seyhan Yazar,Antony R. Young,Mary Norval,F.R. de Gruijl,Y Takizawa,Lesley E. Rhodes,Craig Sinclair,Rachel E. Neale,Rachel E. Neale +11 more
TL;DR: The Montreal Protocol has limited increases in the UV-B (280-315 nm) radiation reaching the Earth's surface as a result of depletion of stratospheric ozone, Nevertheless, the incidence of skin cancers continues to increase in most light-skinned populations, probably due mainly to risky sun exposure behaviour.
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Efficacy in myopia control
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the literature, data from their own clinical studies, assessment of demonstrated myopia control treatments and allowance for the limitations and context of available data, they arrive at the following important interpretations: (i) axial elongation is the preferred endpoint for assessing myopic progression; (ii) there is insufficient evidence to suggest that faster progressors, or younger myopes, derive greater benefit from treatment; (iii) the initial rate of reduction of axial enlargement by myopia-control treatments is not sustained; consequently, using percentage reduction in progression as
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