In a new consensus report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said that myopia should be classified as a disease that requires a medical diagnosis, and that children ...

Parapapillary atrophy (PPA) is a crescent atrophic abnormality adjacent to optic disc (OD), which lies in retinal pigment epithelium, photoreceptor and laminae choriocapillaris. Clinically, PPA is an ...

Each degree of myopia (diopter) that is prevented reduces the risk of myopic maculopathy by 40 per cent, which represents a very powerful initiative, unparalleled in terms of public health.

At the EnVision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Poonam Misra, MD, and Alcina Lidder, MD, gave advice on managing glaucoma in patients with other ocular co-morbidities such as myopia and those ...

Wearing multifocal contact lenses to slow myopia shows lasting benefits, offering an effective way to reduce nearsightedness progression in children.

Screens, indoor life are threatening your child’s vision and behind the alarming rise of myopia in India. Know 5 tips for parents to protect their kids eyesight ...

Also known as nearsightedness, myopia is a vision concern that can affect us at any age. Know the preventive measures to take.

What methods can be developed to help identify symptoms of myopia and its more serious version, myopic maculopathy? This is what a recent study published in JAMA Ophthalmology hopes to address as an ...

With both myopia and myopic maculopathy increasing, solutions are needed to prevent vision loss and help health care professionals provide the best treatment options for their patients.

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a vision condition where close objects look clear but far objects look blurry.

Commonly called nearsightedness, myopia has greatly increased over the last three decades. The federal government should pursue policy changes to encourage children to spend more time outdoors, which ...