Almost half of the visual impairment in the world can be attributed to uncorrected refractive errors, and myopia constitutes a significant proportion of this problem. Myopia occurs when the focused ...

Nikkhil K Masurkar Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 08:00 Hrs [IST] Myopia is a widespread vision issue affecting over two ...

In a new consensus report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said that myopia should be classified as a disease that requires a medical diagnosis, and that children should ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Nearsightedness is going up at an alarming rate across the country and the world, and many people blame too much touchscreen time for kids on phones, tablets and computers.

While Europe and Asia have had Stellest glasses for years, the FDA finally approved them for the U.S. in 2025.

Myopia, which is also known as nearsightedness, represents a vision condition in which an object close to the eye is seen clearly, whereas objects farther away appear blurred. The name is derived from ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common eye condition. More than 40% of Americans can't see clearly at a distance because their eye is longer than normal. Usually myopia doesn't cause any problems ...

The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just reshape how children learn and see the world. It transformed the shape of their eyeballs. As real-life classrooms and playgrounds gave way to virtual meetings and ...

As screen time increases and vision problems become more common at every age, many still misunderstand conditions like myopia ...