A metabolite of caffeine, known as 7-MX, may slow the progression of short-sightedness, also known as myopia, in children, suggests observational research published online in the British Journal ...

Myopia is expected to affect 50 per cent of the world's population to some degree by 2050. Let's prioritize eye health this World Sight Day. Worldwide, more than 2 billion people suffer from near ...

Optometrists share the key lifestyle messages they convey to patients and their families in order to limit the onset and ...

Parents are increasingly confused about how to care for their children's eyesight, even as rates of myopia in children continue to climb, according to new research. Experts warn that the ...

So what causes myopia? Good Question. At the Children's Museum of Minnesota, few screens are in sight. It's a welcome tech break in a society glued to their screens. Research shows screen time is ...

Once regarded as a minor inconvenience easily corrected with glasses, severe myopia is now linked to sight-threatening conditions such as retinal detachment, glaucoma, and myopic macular degeneration.

It hadn’t occurred to me until I began speaking to the world’s leading myopia experts that I suffer from a disease. Least of all a preventable ­disease. Least of all a disease that if left to ...

After pandemic lockdowns ended, mass eye tests in several Chinese cities detected spikes in rates of childhood myopia, or fuzzy sight at a distance. That confirms the widely held scientific belief ...