Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Combining orthokeratology lenses with atropine eye drops may lead to better myopia control but also increase ...

SAN DIEGO — Preliminary data from a 3-year, phase 3 clinical trial of Vyluma’s NVK002 supported its safety and efficacy as a potential treatment for myopia progression in children, according to a ...

Over 24 months, kids using the once-nightly drops and those using placebo saw mean changes in spherical equivalent refractive error (SER) of -0.82 D (95% CI -0.96 to ...

Use of low-dose atropine eyedrops (concentration 0.01%) was no better than placebo at slowing myopia (nearsightedness) progression and elongation of the eye among children treated for two years, ...

About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial of school-age children in the U.S. with low to moderate myopia (nearsightedness), atropine, 0.01%, eye drops administered nightly when compared with ...

First MHRA-approved low-dose atropine eye drop to slow the progression of myopia (short-sightedness) in children aged 3-14 years with a progression rate of 0.5 D or more per year and a severity of -0.

In a cohort of over 1.2 million Taiwanese children followed up for at least 5 years, those with myopia had a higher risk for ocular problems than those without the condition. However, among children ...

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 ...

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

A study that focused on children aged 5 to 12 years who lived in the United States found no difference between atropine 0.01% and placebo in treating myopia progression. Atropine 0.01% was no more ...

Dilating eyedrops may delay ― and perhaps even prevent ― the onset of myopia in children, according to findings from a study published today in JAMA. The study was conducted by researchers in Hong ...