Researchers have identified five genetic variants that increasingly raise a person's risk of becoming nearsighted the longer they stay in school. A team led by Jeremy Guggenheim of Cardiff University, United Kingdom, published ...
Nov 17, 2022
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New research published today in The Lancet Global Health reveals that less than half of people over 50 worldwide have received spectacles or contact lenses needed to correct refractive error, the world's most common visual ...
Oct 11, 2022
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A metabolite of caffeine, known as 7-MX, may slow the progression of short-sightedness, also known as myopia, in children, suggests observational research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Aug 22, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Myopia progressed more rapidly in schoolchildren exposed to more COVID-19-related lockdown measures, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 21, 2022
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Changing environmental factors as well as changing gene-environment interactions could be to blame for increasing rates of myopia, also known as nearsightedness or shortsightedness, over time, suggests a new study published ...
Jan 19, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Myopia progression may continue for more than one-third of young adults during the third decade of life, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Jan 12, 2022
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A new study published in The Lancet Digital Health has revealed a link between screen time and higher risk and severity of myopia, or short-sightedness, in children and young adults. The study was undertaken by researchers ...
Oct 8, 2021
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Myopia is on the rise. In the UK, the number of children with myopia has doubled in the last 50 years. Globally, it's projected that by 2050 half of the world's population will be myopic.
Jun 16, 2021
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New research from Flinders University in Australia indicates people with myopia are more likely to experience poorer sleep quality than people with normal vision.
May 24, 2021
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Eye doctors had planned to celebrate 2020 as the year of vision (as in seeing 20/20). Instead, it will be known as the year that worsened the world's vision for decades to come. Scientists are attributing this latest health ...
Apr 28, 2021
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