Myopia, or nearsightedness, is on the rise among children due to increased screen time and reduced outdoor exposure. Dr ...

Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic.

Myopia currently affects 2.56 billion people worldwide and is projected to affect 3.4 billion people by 2030, if current trends remain unchanged. *1 Myopia increases the risk of developing sight ...

Myopia isn’t an infectious disease, but it has reached nearly epidemic proportions in parts of Asia. In Taiwan, for example, the percentage of 7-year-old children suffering from nearsightedness ...

Myopia is on the rise globally, expected to afflict half the world by 2050. Children's increased screen time and reduced ...

According to a study published in 2024 in the American Medical Association's Journal of Ophthalmology, 79% of children and ...

Today children in East Asia, including Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore, develop myopia at a high rate; for example, 96.5% of 19-year-old males suffer from myopia in ...

"It is a vision condition where objects close by are seen clearly, while distant objects appear blurry," explains Inna Lazar, OD, a Connecticut-based optometrist and founder of Greenwich Eye Care.

The rates of myopia increased most dramatically for blacks -- from 13% to 33.5%. Part of the increase among all groups is probably due to improved access to vision screening and treatment.

As a boy, Joe Rappon squinted to see the chalkboard at school; as an adult, he's working to ensure that thousands of kids with myopia don't have to do the same thing. SightGlass Vision Inc., the 4 ...