Five genetic variants may be linked to the onset of short-sightedness in people who study to university level. The discovery could help to identify children who are more likely to develop the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an observational analysis, Choquet and colleagues assessed 54,755 non-Hispanic white individuals (58% women) ...

Researchers have identified five genetic variants that increasingly raise a person's risk of becoming nearsighted the longer they stay in school. Researchers have identified five genetic variants that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A genetic association study using two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis was able to demonstrate a shared ...

Clair A. Enthoven, Jan Willem Lodewijk Tideman, Jan Roelof Polling, Milly S. Tedja, Hein Raat, Adriana I. Iglesias, Virginie J. M. Verhoeven and Caroline C. W. Klaver ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, has reached epidemic levels worldwide, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Orthokeratology, which involves wearing specially designed contact lenses overnight to ...

Study flowchart and sample screening process. a Screening process for 1538 study participants. b Selection of groups with distinct control effects based on quartiles. CYL, cylinder; SE, spherical ...

The World Health Organization warns that by 2030, 40% of the world's population will be nearsighted. In the U.S. alone, myopia rates have soared over the past 50 years, from 25% in 1971 to nearly 42% ...

OT dives into a key topic in the education programme at 100% Optical 2026. This week: Fabian Yii on definitions of myopia ...