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What percentage of the US population will have been diagnosed with myopia/nearsightedness in 2050?

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Near-sightedness

LASIK

National Institutes of Health

United States

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Medicine

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60%

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44.2

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casens

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World Health Organization

Ophthalmology

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Near-sightedness

LASIK

National Institutes of Health

United States

Surgery

Medicine

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