Scientists have announced that half of the world's population, which is nearly 5 billion people, will be short-sighted by 2050.
The U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) recently proposed a rule that would ban minors from using tanning beds-requiring anyone under 18 to sign a waiver regarding health risks at the first session and then every six months following.
There may be a gene that causes nearsightedness, but only in people who spent a lot of their childhood reading.
New findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in New Orleans reveal that contact lenses can be particularly harmful due to unseen bacteria.
