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.

A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, found predominantly in fish oils, may help ward off the development of short sightedness (myopia) in children, while a high intake of saturated fats, found in foods ...

Copenhagen, Denmark: A major study of laser correction for short-sightedness shows that the procedure is as safe and effective in older teenagers as it is in adults, according to research presented ...

Daniella Gray is a Newsweek Family & Parenting Reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on family dynamics, childhood development, parenting styles, U.S. education and current trends in family and ...

A combination of routine eye scans and AI has created a powerful new way for measuring short-sightedness to better predict people's long-term risk of serious retinal damage, a new study suggests.

A project at Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems (Fraunhofer IMWS) has developed a new technique to modify the surfaces of eyeglass lenses as a treatment for ...

Lockdown may have left thousands of British children with damaged eyesight, according to new research. While the stay-at-home orders helped to cut the covid infection rate, one of the unintended ...

It has long been thought that digging your nose in a book and spending too much time reading things up close could cause near-sightedness. When books were replaced with smartphones, it was easy to ...