Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Combining orthokeratology lenses with atropine eye drops may lead to better myopia control but also increase ...

SAN DIEGO — Preliminary data from a 3-year, phase 3 clinical trial of Vyluma’s NVK002 supported its safety and efficacy as a potential treatment for myopia progression in children, according to a ...

Over 24 months, kids using the once-nightly drops and those using placebo saw mean changes in spherical equivalent refractive error (SER) of -0.82 D (95% CI -0.96 to ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is at an all-time high among children in the US. Globally, half the population is expected to be nearsighted by 2050. Ophthalmologists are gravely concerned that these ...

Use of low-dose atropine eyedrops (concentration 0.01%) was no better than placebo at slowing myopia (nearsightedness) progression and elongation of the eye among children treated for two years, ...

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

Atropine is a well-known drug for treating myopia. In this study, OK lens is effective in slowing progression of myopia and increasing of axial length over a period of 3 years and is compatible with ...

In a cohort of over 1.2 million Taiwanese children followed up for at least 5 years, those with myopia had a higher risk for ocular problems than those without the condition. However, among children ...

About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial of school-age children in the U.S. with low to moderate myopia (nearsightedness), atropine, 0.01%, eye drops administered nightly when compared with ...

“My daughter Samantha got glasses in second grade,” says Yiwen Lee, a mother of two and an airline customer service representative. Calling from the road after dropping her kids off at school, Lee ...

Myopia has been increasing in prevalence throughout the world, reaching over 90% in some East Asian populations. There is increasing evidence that whereas genetics clearly have an important role, the ...