Tear film inflammation seen in dry eye disease may also be a risk factors for the development of childhood myopia, a study suggests.

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 ...

Phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs) are a possible treatment for myopia and hyperopia. The procedure involves permanently implanting phakic IOLs. They help correct refractive errors by refocusing ...

Childhood myopia is on the rise. Here’s what you need to know about why, and the possible complications that make early treatment critical.

A landmark five-year clinical study has revealed that spectacle lenses equipped with highly aspherical lenslets (HAL) can significantly slow the progression of myopia and axial elongation in ...

When myopia is considered a pathology Linking myopia to pathology prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 to define the condition as a major risk factor for so-called preventable ...

The number of children with myopia or nearsightedness is growing dramatically worldwide, and new research shows the biggest contributing factor is spending too much time indoors.

In the U.S., we don’t have good prevalence data for myopia and other refractive errors, such as astigmatism and hyperopia [farsightedness].

Around 1 in 3 children and teens around the world is short (near)-sighted, with the global prevalence of myopia set to top 740 million cases by 2050 in this age group, finds a pooled data analysis ...

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 ...

Lower amounts of hyperopia and less positive values of horizontal/vertical component of astigmatism also were associated with greater likelihood of myopia onset.

The epidemiological evidence on the association between screen time exposure and myopia in children and adolescents.