Check sample answers at the end of the page. News: Study finds that the number of Hong Kong children with myopia hit a record high during Covid pandemic amid more reliance on screens Chinese ...

Background Data on myopia prevalence and progression in European children are sparse. The aim of this work was to evaluate the progression of myopia in children and teenagers in a large prospective ...

Myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness, is a vision condition where close objects look clear but far objects look blurry, said David Berntsen, professor of optometry and chair of clinical ...

In addition, the cost of such treatment was seen as prohibitive. The unstructured part of the interviews was analysed qualitatively.15 Patients with a low degree of myopia were the most likely to make ...

(PRESS RELEASE) HOUSTON — Capping ten years of work to stem the tide of nearsightedness, David Berntsen, Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry and chair of Clinical Sciences at the University of ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity. Overcrowding can lead to disaster, and yet ...

The postoperative refractive results were inferior to the benchmark standards, which indicated that the precision of IOL power calculation in patients with high myopia still required improvement. The ...

A new report shows the benefit of wearing contact lenses for slowing myopia has a lasting effect -- good news since 50% of the world (5 billion people) will likely be nearsighted by 2050.

Multifocal contact lenses for myopia control in teenagers show sustained benefits post-discontinuation, with no rebound effect in axial elongation or myopia progression. The BLINK2 study involved ...

A LASIK eye surgery uses a laser to reshape the cornea that bends the light to help your eyes focus However not everyone can ...