Nearsightedness News

MONDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Myopia, or nearsightedness, is much more common among children and teenagers today than it was about 40 years ago, but spending more time outside could help reverse this trend, a new study suggests. The authors ...

THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is once again cracking down on eye care professionals who make false safety claims and promises about the popular LASIK eye surgery. The agency's Letter to Eye Care Profe...

MONDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Factors that increase the risk of severe myopia (nearsightedness) and related vision loss have now been discovered by researchers, and the findings may lead to improved screening and treatment of people with the ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Myopia (nearsightedness) is more common in the United States than it was more than 30 years ago, a National Eye Institute study shows. Researchers compared National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data ...

THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Nearsighted people who can't have laser-assisted eye surgery may benefit from implantable lenses made of a collagen-like substance, say Japanese researchers. They noted that LASIK "has gained widespread popula...

FRIDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who spend more time outside -- and away from the television set -- are less likely to develop myopia, the inability to see things clearly at a distance. The new report, from researchers in Boston, doesn't d...