developing myopia for a six-year-old rose from 17 per cent before the pandemic to 28 per cent

The air force realised then that there was a need for such a service as more and more prospective pilots would be myopic, said Major( Dr) Chay.An RSAF study found that one-fifth of pilot applicants across an eight-year period until 1991 had been unable to meet eyesight standards.... The RSAF first offered only photorefractive keratectomy( PRK) to candidates, and in 2013 began offering the newer laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis( Lasik) technology as an additional option for those requiring

A senior Russian climate scientist apologised for his country’s invasion of Ukraine at a major UN conference on Sunday. Oleg Anisimov made the unexpected comments during a virtual meeting of 195 delegates from around the world at an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change( IPCC) session. The meeting took place behind closed doors, but two anonymous sources confirmed the comments with the Washington Post.Mr Anisimov, who works at the state hydrological institute in St Petersburg, said: “ Let me

" There was a climate of ignoring military logistics, downplaying information power, and giving little weight to scientific ways of thinking at operations command," the book reads.... The prospects of everything from the economy and work to schools and vaccinations have been hidden behind an opaque haze.... In the field of psychology, there is a concept called" ambiguity tolerance." The real world is ambiguous and complex....

The trust aims to reach over 2 million patients and perform more than 120, 000 eye surgeries in the coming year, he said.On one hand, many patients cannot afford treatment, and on the other, there are people with the resources to help.... He also highlighted the trust’s expansion plans, which include new hospitals in Lahore, Haveli Lakha, and Gilgit, as well as a dedicated eye cancer centre in Lahore. Chief of Medical Services at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Prof Dr Wajid Ali Khan underscored th

SINGAPORE-Five-year-old Chelsea Kiew likes to play with Lego, loves to eat cheese sticks, and one of her favourite places to visit is the zoo. She is just like any typical kindergarten child, said her father, 35-year-old business analyst Raymond Kiew.... She can still run about, take part in all activities, depending on her mood.” But she is on the smaller side – weighing about 15kg and standing at 1. 05m tall.... Chelsea pictured during her first few weeks of life, after she was born at 22 we

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SINGAPORE – As part of its vision to prevent blindness and address sight impairment in the region, the Singapore National Eye Centre( SNEC) is now partnering the World Health Organisation( WHO) in the first collaboration of its kind in South-east Asia.... There are over 800 such centres in more than 80 member states, but only a handful deal with vision impairment.... Through this tie-up, SNEC’s global ophthalmology unit will support the growing capacity of the eyecare workforce in the region a

Nearly two months into Israel’s ground campaign, all eyes are on the Gaza Strip.... Washington and Jerusalem disagree on their visions of postwar Gaza.... The administration sees the Palestinian Authority as the most viable partner for governance there....