When it comes to refractive surgery, not all patients are created equal. A 28-year-old patient with myopia desiring to be ...

Both astigmatism and myopia are issues that can affect a person’s vision. While they have similar symptoms and treatments are largely the same, they are distinct ocular conditions. Astigmatism and ...

There are several surgical treatments for myopia, including LASIK and PRK. Each procedure comes with its own risks and benefits. Myopia — better known as nearsightedness — is a common condition that ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, affects about a quarter of the U.S. population. It can be managed or delayed, but there is no known cure. If you can see things clearly up close, but they get blurrier as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — Eye care providers have a responsibility to explain to parents the risks of progression if their ...

Myopia is a refractive error (blurred vision at a given distance) that affects around 30 per cent of the world’s population. This proportion is increasing so ...

As scientists try to untangle the reasons for skyrocketing rates of nearsightedness in kids, new treatment options can help prevent their vision from getting worse. In the U.S. myopia rates have ...

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 of ...

Myopia is booming. Can we stop the epidemic of short-sightedness?

SINGAPORE: When I tell parents that their young child’s spectacle prescription has increased again within a year, they are sometimes almost too calm about it. They see it as simply “updating glasses” ...