Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Fixing Nearsightedness with Fluorescent Lights?

"Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham hope to one day use fluorescent light bulbs to slow nearsightedness, which affects 40 percent of American adults and can cause blindness," says Science Daily. "In an early step in that direction, results of a study found that small increases in daily artificial light slowed the development of nearsightedness by 40 percent in tree shrews, which are close relatives of primates." Read more.

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