Blinded by science in the online dating game
18-Jan-2020 00:22
According to Huanqiu.com, an affiliation to People's Daily, Ms Wu works as an accountant in Chang'an Town, southern China's Guangdong Province.Ms Wu was said to have been a 'big fan' of mobile games since the beginning of this year and would play it without eating or even sleeping.The year 2012 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, including the first orbital rendezvous by a commercial spacecraft, the discovery of a particle highly similar to the long-sought Higgs boson, and the near-eradication of guinea worm disease.A total of 72 successful orbital spaceflights occurred in 2012, and the year also saw numerous developments in fields such as robotics, 3D printing, stem cell research and genetics.David Allamby, a UK-based eye surgeon and the medical director of London's Focus Clinic, said a retinal artery occlusion usually occurs when there is some sort of blockage in the retinal artery which supplies blood to the retina.Retina is a delicate tissue that lines the back of a person's eye.For example, putting direct pressure on the eye for a prolonged period can cause clots.Dr Allamby argued: 'The only potential link to video games - and it's slim - is that sometimes migraines can be a rare cause of retinal artery occlusion.
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However, experts in the UK said there was no good evidence to suggest Ms Wu's blindness had been a result of playing phone games.
I understand it's less common in men than women – presumably this is down to footwear choices?
