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Kids Don't Need Glasses

  • June 24, 2004

Researchers examined the records of more than 100,000 preschoolers who were screened through a state wide program in Tennessee and found that up to 20 percent of children with normal eyes who undergo comprehensive vision exams may be prescribed glasses they don't need. Some health professionals were more likely to misdiagnose kids than others. Optometrists prescribed glasses 35 percent of the time; general ophthalmologists 12 percent; and pediatric ophthalmologists only 2 percent. So one...
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