“The younger they’re found to be myopic, the more likely it is they will become ‘highly’ myopic, which is an extreme form of nearsightedness — they can only see things that are right in ...

While there are more permanent treatments for nearsightedness in the works, nearsighted children tend to require glasses or contacts for life, and more severe cases can lead to more extreme eye ...

Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO, was awarded a two-year R21 grant from the National Eye Institute to evaluate the efficacy of a novel, wavelength-based method in slowing the progression of myopia ...

Myopia control may assist protect eye health since those with extreme myopia are more likely to develop cataracts, glaucoma, and myopic macular degeneration. Geographically, the global Myopia ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for SYD-101 (atropine sulfate) to slow the progression of myopia in children. Considered a common ...

And it was quite bad so, it was a bit confronting." Avash was referred to the Lions Eye Institute in Perth who were studying myopia in young adults at the time. Senior Research Fellow Dr Samantha ...