Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common eye condition. More than 40% of Americans can't see clearly at a distance because their eye is longer than normal.

Myopia is the same eye disorder that most people refer to as ... One reason the condition doesn't improve is that normal growth can cause nearsightedness to get worse once it begins because ...

A @UHouston optometry professor, who pioneered wearing multifocal lenses to slow myopia in children, is reporting the ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness ... In kids with myopia, the eye grows too much, passing beyond the point of focusing the image. ... Doctors are also seeing a change in what’s considered normal eyesight.

There was no evidence of faster than normal eye growth. Participants who had been in the original BLINK high-add multifocal treatment group continued to have shorter eyes and less myopia at the ...

Researchers link early cone dysfunction in RPGR-related retinal dystrophy to high myopia, with timing of degeneration ...

Myopia is projected to affect half of the world’s population by 2050. ... and that affects normal eye development and growth.

With normal vision, light enters the eyes through the cornea and lens, which work together to refract ... Though rare, it is possible to be nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in another.

Myopia is not just a matter of needing glasses or contact lenses,” Gawne said. “The increased axial length of the eye remains ...

Perhaps equally concerning is the growing prevalence of myopia. Ten years ago, one-fourth of the world’s population was nearsighted. By 2030, that will increase to 50% (Holden and colleagues).

In a new consensus report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said that myopia should be classified as a disease that requires a medical diagnosis, and that children ...

Short-sightedness, or myopia, generally emerges as the eye changes shape during normal development in early life, and the distance between the cornea at the front of the eye and the retina at the ...