Excessive screen time for more than 4 hours per day may significantly increase the risk of developing myopia Digital Screen Time and Myopia A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis - (https ...

Myopia (nearsightedness ... If the cornea of our eye is too steeply curved or the eye is longer from the front to the back than normal, this unusual shape causes light to be focused in front ...

The shape of the eye can also contribute to myopia. In individuals with myopia, the eyeball tends to be longer than normal, causing light rays to focus in front of the retina instead of directly ...

Myopia is the most common eye disorder ... In the myopic eye, axial elongation occurs via a change of the eye shape from mostly spherical to ellipsoid prolate. It is accompanied by scleral ...

Myopia, or short-sightedness ... For practitioners to determine whether a child’s eye growth/shape is progressing faster than expected, it is important that they understand what ‘normal’ eye ...

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 ...

Late in 2024, a comprehensive study published in the British Journal of Opthalmology claimed that “the global prevalence of childhood myopia is substantial.” Based on the current trends ...

A new study has revealed that when young people spend even just one hour in front of screens, they increase their chance of being shortsighted, also known as, myopia. Health experts warn that young ...

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 ...

About The Study: In this systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis, a daily 1-hour increment in digital screen time was associated with 21% higher odds of myopia (nearsightedness) and the ...