As humans age, our eyes adjust based on how we use them, growing or shortening to focus where needed, and we now know that blurred input to the eye while the eye is growing causes myopia. It is so ...

A @UHouston optometry professor, who pioneered wearing multifocal lenses to slow myopia in children, is reporting the ...

Researchers state that "in recent years, the prevalence and severity of myopia have been on the rise, and it is estimated that by 2050 there will be 4.76 billion people with myopia and 0.94 ...

Researchers link early cone dysfunction in RPGR-related retinal dystrophy to high myopia, with timing of degeneration ...

Between 5% and 15% of people with myopia have severe myopia, also called high myopia. This puts them at a higher risk of eye complications later in life that could affect their vision and even ...

According to results, foveal thickness in the inner retina was greater in the high myopia group compared with the nonhigh myopia group (67 m vs. 63 m); however, the high myopia group had thinner ...

Childhood myopia, or nearsightedness, is growing rapidly in the U.S. and around the world. Researchers say kids who spend two hours outside every day, are less likely to develop the condition.