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New research led by scientists at Cardiff University and the University of Bristol found that people who spend more time in education are more likely to develop near-sightedness. Specifically, researchers found that for every year a person spends in education — where they are likely to spend more time reading and typing on computers — there is a rise in myopic refractive error of 0.27 diopters, a diopter being a standard measure of the optical power of a lens. An estimated 68,000 participants were examined using the "Mendelian randomization" (MR), approach which is often used to examine causal effect of a disease in observational studies.
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/1199570-study-suggests-education-causes-short-sightedness
https://www.salon.com/2018/06/07/theres-a-scientific-reason-nerds-have-bad-eyesight/
(Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Sunday June 10 2018, @12:20PM
Thank you for taking our needs into consideration. But we wouldn't be here in the first place, if we cared all that much about our time and energy. So go ahead and reply so that we may be amused!