myopia

Severe myopia increases the risk of cataracts, glaucoma and retinal detachment later in life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

For years, the sharp rise in myopia -- or nearsightedness -- has largely been blamed on growing screen use, particularly among children and young adults.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

In laboratory research, myopia can be triggered in animal models through visual deprivation or the use of negative lenses, and these two methods are believed to involve different neuronal pathways.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

The incidence of myopia is highest in Southeast Asia—maybe not surprising given the heavy cultural emphasis on academics—where an estimated 80% of students who complete 12 years of school are myopic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

That three papers in the short span of three months in 1900 independently converged on Mendel’s work was a demonstration of the sustained myopia of biologists, who had ignored his work for nearly forty years.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Like all TV shows, but especially ones that capture the zeitgeist, it’s a product of its time, reflecting the myopias of the era and of its creative team.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021

But alongside generational myopias there is wisdom, too.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2020

Ultimately, however, as the disorientation expands, we realise that there are not just misogynies at work here: there are cultural myopias, competing models of freedom, competing versions of Islam.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020

But it’s also a symbol for certain insistent myopias of masculinity.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019