myopia Tag

[caption id="attachment_283" align="alignright" width="300"]Daylight Decreases Myopia Progression Daylight Decrease Myopia Progression[/caption] Several different studies suggest that spending time outdoors decreases your chances for Myopia.  Myopia is a disease often called “nearsightedness” where the eye grows too long, making distance vision blurry.  Unfortunately, the percentage of individuals affected by the disease is growing.  In the United States the percentage of individuals with myopia is up 65% since 1970.