The goals of the study are to assess the current mechanistic understanding of myopia pathogenesis and causes of its increased prevalence, to identify knowledge gaps and barriers to progress, and to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High myopia is a major risk factor for the development of open-angle glaucoma, accounting for a 7.3-fold ...

Results of a cross-sectional study highlight features linked with high myopia in Dutch individuals. Among highly myopic Dutch individuals with European ancestry, myopic retinal features are frequent; ...

According to the first world report on vision published by the WHO in 2019, a third of the planet's population suffers from myopia, and around 400 million people suffer the most harmful version of the ...

Incidence and risk of myopia development were found to rise significantly among young Chinese schoolchildren who were exposed to environmental changes caused by COVID-19 between grades 2 to 3.

School closures were one of the first measures governments put in place at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The transition to online learning and calls for households to lockdown inevitably ...

Researchers studying over 1,000 children found that omega-3 fatty acids may help protect against myopia, while saturated fats may increase risk. Kids with more omega-3 in their diet had healthier eye ...

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 ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common type of refractive error where close objects appear clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. Although this vision ...