Word: hyperopia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mixed blessing, clumsy, detracting from appearance, a sign of age. Contact lenses are not ideal either: often difficult to manage, uncomfortable to wear, easy to lose. Is there any other option? Some ophthalmologists now think there is. They say two common vision problems-near- and farsightedness (myopia and hyperopia)-can be corrected or eased with surgery that reshapes the cornea, the eye's outer covering...
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