Chris Bennett: Don’t be short-sighted on myopia epidemic

Health has long been a marker by which people gauge the quality of their lives, so emerging evidence of the epidemic in myopia is an issue that will gather increasing significance for the profession.

The idea that health has overtaken wealth as a marker of lifestyle quality is a modern one. ‘Salus populi suprema lex esto’, has long been a proud boast of forward thinking law makers and adorned the crests of civic authorities. Modern life, and the culture of a cure for everything, has blunted people’s action on issues such as obesity; but perhaps there are exceptions.

Myopia may be different.