By 2050, an estimated 50% of the world's population will be nearsighted, and nearly a billion people will suffer from severe ...

LAS VEGAS — Eye care providers have a responsibility to explain to parents the risks of progression if their child’s myopia is left untreated, according to panelists at Vision Expo West. “We know the ...

The World Health Organization warns that by 2030, 40% of the world's population will be nearsighted. In the U.S. alone, myopia rates have soared over the past 50 years, from 25% in 1971 to nearly 42% ...

There are several surgical treatments for myopia, including LASIK and PRK. Each procedure comes with its own risks and benefits. Myopia — better known as nearsightedness — is a common condition that ...

An increase in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment incidence (RRD) may be associated with a simultaneous increase in myopia among citizens residing in the Netherlands, according to study results ...

WASHINGTON — With the greatly increased prevalence of myopia, commonly called nearsightedness, over the last three decades, the federal government should pursue policy changes that would encourage ...

Optometrist Lim Yan Yi sheds light on common vision problems affecting children and red flags that shouldn't be ignored.