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Studies show that genetics and the environment play a role in the population becoming more “myopic”. In the next 30 years, 50% of the total population will be myopic. Your eyeball continues to grow as you age. When the eye is growing faster than it should, we can’t correct it….we can compensate for it. One of the symptoms of being myopic is having distance vision or being nearsighted. While our devices have been in our hands over the last 13 years or so, this epidemic has been growing for 30+...

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May 6, 2021

Ep #54 - Dr. Jeff talks with Dr. Gary Gerber about the Myopia Epidemic

Studies show that genetics and the environment play a role in the population becoming more “myopic”. In the next 30 years, 50% of the total population will be myopic. Your eyeball continues to grow as you age. When the eye is growing faster than it should, we can’t correct it….we can compensate for it. One of the symptoms of being myopic is having distance vision or being nearsighted. While our devices have been in our hands over the last 13 years or so, this epidemic has been growing for 30+...

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54

May 6, 2021

Ep #54 - Dr. Jeff talks with Dr. Gary Gerber about the Myopia Epidemic

Studies show that genetics and the environment play a role in the population becoming more “myopic”. In the next 30 years, 50% of the total population will be myopic. Your eyeball continues to grow as you age. When the eye is growing faster than it should, we can’t correct it….we can compensate for it. One of the symptoms of being myopic is having distance vision or being nearsighted. While our devices have been in our hands over the last 13 years or so, this epidemic has been growing for 30+...

Listen to the Episode