United States of Dry Eyes

Tuesday, 09 July 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Doctors say they are treating a growing number of people for dry eyes. The culprits? Smartphones and air-conditioned office buildings. Postmenopausal women and the elderly are the usual suspects for dry-eye syndrome but in recent years the condition has spread across the population, says the Wall Street Journal.  Experts believe the problem has reached the heights it has because people aren’t blinking enough, a simple action that lubricates the eye.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal