Purpose To assess the role of education on myopia prevalence and refractive status in children enrolled in kindergarten and ...

We spend hours staring at screens each day, but which health risks are backed by research and which remain disputed? Experts ...

A wavelength of light largely missing from indoor LEDs may play an important role in protecting developing eyes from ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are studying ways to prevent myopia, or nearsightedness from developing in children. With the rise in technology use and less time spent outdoors ...

Experts predict nearly half of the world's population will be nearsighted by the year 2050. Myopia, or nearsightedness, affects some 3 billion people worldwide. That number is increasing, and the ...

A new study in tree shrews now suggests a key to preventing myopia may be the indigo portion of sunlight. Adding this part of the light spectrum to the animals’ environment prevented them from ...

The feature adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s viral novel of the same name is set to star Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman. By Nicole Fell Associate Editor Prime Video will continue its romance streak into ...

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” ...

Myopia is currently spreading rapidly across the globe. In East Asia, including Japan, the rate of myopia among the younger generation is particularly high, and there are predictions that half of the ...

For years, the surge in myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness, has been largely attributed to increased screen time among adolescents and young adults. However, new research from scientists at the ...

Short-sightedness is driven by how we use our eyes indoors, suggests a new study. The common condition - also known as myopia - may be driven less by screens and more by a common indoor visual habit, ...