This is called a vitreous detachment, which in most cases is not sight-threatening and requires no treatment. However, a sudden increase in floaters, possibly accompanied by light flashes or peripheral (side) vision loss, could indicate a retinal detachment. A retinal detachment occurs when any part of the retina, the eyeâs light-sensitive tissue, is lifted or pulled from its normal position at the back wall of the eye.
Studies of the most common individual U.S. birth dates show they always cluster from midsummer to early autumn, with minor variations. One study by the now-defunct data site anybirthday.com found the most common birthday to be October 5, and the least common, May 22. The Harvard study gave December 25, Christmas, as the least common birthday, and January 1 and December 24 as the next least common.
The next most popular birthday months include August, July, September and January. The fewest babies were born in February while December and April were also a little slow in Australia on the baby arrival front. Even so, Australian mums did a pretty decent job of spreading out the birthday celebrations. The difference between babies born in October, the most popular month, and February, the least popular month, was less than 2500. Each month between 24,900 and 27,145 babies were born in Australia in 2012, the most recent year that the nation-wide birth data was collated.