One year after its launch, the World Council of Optometry CooperVision Myopia Management Navigator app is being used in more ...

What’s behind the shocking rise in myopia and how did we find ourselves walking blindfolded into a catastrophic loss of sight ...

Health experts have raised concerns over the dangers of children spending long hours on screen, revealing that the habit has been linked to adverse health outcomes, including eye-related problems such ...

The number of children across New Zealand who are being diagnosed with myopia is rising rapidly – but new research from ...

there has been a striking increase in the prevalence of myopia, raising questions about its causes and potential future impact.1 Early data indicate that the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

Background Data on myopia prevalence and progression in European children are sparse. The aim of this work was to evaluate the progression of myopia in children and teenagers in a large prospective ...

Myopia is one of the most common causes of vision loss globally and is significantly affected by epigenetics. Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I RNA) editing is an epigenetic process involved in ...

It's been difficult to tease apart to what extent those factors contribute to rising rates of myopia. According to Kinast, the "up close" or "near work" component may be due to the accommodation ...

Myopia occurs when the shape of the eye causes light rays to bend and focus in front of the retina instead of on it. The retina is a nerve at the back of the eye that converts light into ...

The therapy, while generally safe, can cause side effects such as ear pain, breathing difficulties, and in rare cases, lung damage or seizures. The death of a 5-year-old boy Michigan boy is under ...

Dizziness has many possible causes, which may relate to a person’s external environment, the medications they take, or an underlying condition. Dizziness refers to a range of sensations ...

A frenzy over an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek has up-ended US stock markets and fuelled a debate over the economic and geopolitical competition ...