A Skeptical View of Myopia as Sign of Evolutionary DegradationPhiladelphia Inquirer (blog)Today a kind reader sent me a discussion he was having with some science-oriented, nearsighted friends about a possible connection between myopia and high IQ. A paper written by a Polish team found such a correlation. I had never heard of this before, ...

Consortium NewsAmerica's Risky Myopia on IranConsortium NewsOften the myopia results from a focus on the next quarter or the next election, a shortsightedness that now risks sending the US off to a new war, with Iran, writes Danny Schechter. By Danny Schechter The TV series “House of Lies” is about business but ...and more »

Daily BeastOscar's Documentary Myopia: Popular Films Don't Get NominatedDaily BeastWant to win an Oscar? Don't make a documentary about a major celebrity, a fashion-y gay guy, or almost anything else about pop culture. Jacob Bernstein on why the Academy snubbed Bill Cunningham New York, Senna, and other crowd-pleasers.and more »

LASEK may be safe in highly myopic eyesOSN SuperSitePRAGUE — Using a specular microscope both preoperatively and postoperatively to study corneal endothelial cell density and other parameters, researchers found that LASEK is safe for correcting high myopia. The poster study was presented at the winter ...

NBCSports.comRick's Cafe: Of Super Bowl myopia, and the best team in NFL historyNBCSports.comWell, another February, another fight between my mailman and I over which is the best team in NFL history. He claims it's the Steelers, and his reasoning is simple: they've won six Super Bowls, more than any other team. He reminds me of this every year ...and more »

Deccan ChronicleResidents suffer with bad roads of ChennaiDeccan ChronicleBy S. Sasidharan A kind of myopia seems to afflict the civic authorities: after the monsoon rains left few patches of roads intact, the corporation plunged into re-laying the battered roads. But the authorities seem to have clear vision as far as ...

DC Council myopia on Ward 5 warehousesWashington BladeBy Mark Lee on February 2, 2012 What is it with Northeast Washington's Ward 5 and the ferocious opposition by some neighborhood leaders and residents to development plans for usage of even the tiniest number of the long underutilized area's vast array ...

Defence Analysis: February 2012Second Line of DefenseThe edition provides a unique European look at the US budget, which provides a useful corrective to the Inside the Beltway myopia. From a European perspective, how do the US budget choices look like in the period ahead? A detailed look at the trends by ...and more »

OSN SuperSitePiggyback monofocal and multifocal IOLs may safely correct high myopiaOSN SuperSiteMIAMI — Placing a monofocal IOL and a piggybacked multifocal IOL in the capsular bag may safely restore distance and near vision in patients with exceptionally high myopia, according to a presenter here. "This is a safe enough procedure to correct ...

'IN THE WAKE' TOUCHES A MYOPIC NERVEU-T San DiegoKron, an Obie Award-winning playwright best known for such autobiographical works as the Broadway show “Well” and the solo piece “2.5 Minute Ride” (which premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in 1996), says the kind of myopia that afflicts Ellen goes beyond ...