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President Marcos has declared the second week of October of every year National Myopia Consciousness Week to raise awareness of the dangers of the said eye disease. Pixabay Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are...

(Image from Freepik) Reports have shown that cases of myopia, or nearsightedness—an eye condition where close-up objects look clear but distant objects become blurry—are continuously increasing, especially in Asia-Pacific countries and specifically among children. To shed light on this...