Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 12 months, axial length and spherical equivalent refraction progression slowed by 0.11 mm and 0.16 D in the ...

The United States is fast becoming a nearsighted nation: More than 40% of Americans have myopia, and the number is climbing fast, especially for children. Experts aren’t sure why, but they believe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Research into effective treatments for myopic progression expands beyond contact lenses and involves atropine, ...

According to a secondary analysis of the 24- Month Myopia Outcome Study of Atropine in Children (MOSAIC) trial, 0.05% atropine eye drops were more effective in controlling myopia progression and axial ...

Distribution of changes in SER (a) and AL (b) of HAL and ESVL groups during 5 follow-up years, and distribution of SER (c) and AL (d) in HAL and ESVL groups after 5 years. AL, axial length; SER, ...

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

In late September the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made an announcement that has the potential to positively impact tens of millions of kids for the rest of their lives. That’s because the FDA ...

Myopia, more commonly known as nearsightedness, is a condition due to the physical length of the eye being relatively too long for its refractive components. Despite its strong family trait, juvenile ...

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% ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized marketing of the first eyeglass lenses in the United States that not only correct nearsightedness in children, they can slow the progression of the ...