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Healthy Vision Month – 3
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. Refractive error, like nearsightedness or farsightedness, is just one reason to get a comprehensive eye exam. Dr. Janine Austin Clayton at the Office of Research on Women’s Health says refractive error is a very common problem that affects about 14 million Americans.
Dr. Clayton: Importantly, though, even though there are so many Americans affected, about 11 million Americans can have that improved by proper correction, either with glasses, contact lenses, refracted surgery or some other refracted modality that corrects that, and they can get good vision from that.
Narrator: Diseases like glaucoma and even diabetes can also be diagnosed from changes in the eye. For details on eye health, and more about medical research, visit www.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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