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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

With myopia cases predicted to impact nearly half the world’s population by 2050, Dr Bindiya Hapani highlights how screen time and urban living are worsening eye health from a young age.

For those diagnosed with severe myopia, known as high myopia, special contacts worn at night can help reshape the cornea and stabilize the eye to help with vision. That's called orthokeratology ...

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.

C hildren with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with ...