Time indoors looking at screens can cause eyeballs to elongate, leaving kids nearsighted for life.

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% ...

BENGALURU: Childhood myopia is emerging as a major public health concern, with doctors warning that post-COVID lifestyle ...

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In the overall cohort of over 2,000 children in this retrospective observational study, the change in mean spherical equivalent from 2020 to 2021 was 2.2 times greater than the change from 2019 to ...

A new type of lens approved by the FDA promises to slow nearsightedness in children. These specialized glasses, available in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abnormal accommodative function and unbalanced input of binocular visual signals could contribute to myopia ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is at an all-time high among children in the US. Globally, half the population is expected to be nearsighted by 2050. Ophthalmologists are gravely concerned that these ...

Childhood myopia, or nearsightedness, is growing rapidly in the U.S. and around the world. Researchers say kids who spend two hours outside every... Want to protect your kids' eyes from myopia? Get ...

Decreased exposure to outdoor light appears to be a major factor in rising rates of myopia in young people around the world. By Jane E. Brody Look and you shall see: A generation of the real-life ...

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If you’re a parent struggling to get your kids’ off their devices and outdoors to play, here’s another reason to keep trying: Spending at least two hours outside each day is one of the most important ...