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First-Born Children More Likely to be Nearsighted

Posted: October 12, 2015 at 5:43 am   /   Education

Jeremy A. Guggenheim, Ph.D. of Cardiff University in Wales, conducted a study with colleagues that found first-born individuals were more likely to be nearsighted than later-born individuals in a family. Published online by JAMA Opthamology, the research used a sample of adults in the UK to find that the association was larger before adjusting for educational exposure, which […]

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