“Myopia is a growing public health problem predicted to affect 5 billion people worldwide, while high myopia is expected to affect 9.8% of the world population by 2050,” Agne Markeviciute, MD ...

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

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 ...

Why did myopia increase by 66 percent between the early 1970s and the early 2000s? Skip to content Site Navigation. Popular ... In cases with very high myopia progression, ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Myopic macular degeneration (MMD), or pathological myopia, occurs when high myopia (severe nearsightedness) stretches the retina, causing symptoms ...

And after decades of trending upward, the rate of myopia among Taiwan's elementary school students began falling – from an all-time high of 50% in 2011 down to 45.1% by 2015. It's a major ...

In extreme cases, high myopia is associated with glaucoma, and can increase the risk of retinal detachment and abnormal pathologies around the optic nerve which lead to profound blindness.

And after decades of trending upward, the rate of myopia among Taiwan's elementary school students began falling – from an all-time high of 50% in 2011 down to 45.1% by 2015. It's a major ...