Most Visually Impaired Americans Don 8217 T Wear Needed Glasses Or Contacts
While most Americans see well, about 14 million are visually impaired, according to a National Institutes of Health NIH study. Of those, more than 11 million have an uncorrected condition, such as nearsightedness, that could be treated with eyeglasses or contact lenses. 8220;This is the first national survey on vision since the mid-1970s, and it confirms that uncorrected visual impairment is a major public health problem, 8221; says Elias A. 8220;The good news is that we now have information on the extent of visual impairment in the United States that will be available to policymakers as they seek to address health care issues at the local, state and national levels. 8221; The study, published in the May 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, also concludes that teenagers, people with diabetes...