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The treatment - known as myopia management - can slow or stop the short-sightedness from getting worse.

From BBC

Other specs tech is even slowing down the progression of eye conditions such as myopia, beyond just correcting for them.

From BBC

Or maybe our stubborn myopia is what this Superman means when he says, “I screw up all the time but that is being human.”

Near-sightedness, formally known as myopia, occurs when the eye elongates, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it, producing blurry vision.

From Salon

They cannot and will not see it, and their myopia stands at odds with the serenity one can achieve by accepting that there are forces far greater than themselves.

From Salon

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