Eye correction is seriously short sighted

The following Study is a real eye opener. Prof. Dan O'leary was my lecturer in anatomy when i was at university. He's widely regarded as one of the leading authorities in Myopia (short sightedness) and takes a very keen interest in this...Have a read...

"Millions of people worldwide may have worse eyesight and even be more likely to go blind because of a long-held but misguided idea about how to correct short-sightedness. A study intended to confirm the theory has instead been stopped because the children's eyesight was getting worse, New Scientist has learned. For decades, many optometrists have been routinely 'undercorrecting' short-sightedness, or myopia, when prescribing glasses or contact lenses. 'What was done was done with the best of intentions,' says optometrist Daniel O'Leary of Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge, England. Indeed, his study of 94 children in Malaysia sought to prove the value of undercorrection. Instead, it showed the opposite. While the number of children involved was small, amazingly it is the largest and most rigorous study to date. 'The study was meant to run for three years but after two years, when we found out we were making the children's eyes worse, we had to stop it prematurely,' O'Leary says. 'Short-sighted people need to know it's not the thing to do.' The results have been hailed by some optometrists as key evidence that could change the way children are treated. 'It's the strongest evidence I've seen in this field,' says Paul Adler, a spokesman for Britain's College of Optometrists. "It could change prescribing practice worldwide."