Around half of the global population could need corrective lenses by 2050 — a health care burden that already costs Americans an estimated $7.2 billion annually. It’s because myopia, also known as ...

Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic.

Firstborn children may have a slightly higher risk of becoming nearsighted later in life, compared with later-born siblings, new research suggests. In the study, researchers looked at birth order and ...

When Rithika Vatturi, 11, started competing in triathlons a few years ago, her parents would watch for her at the end of the swim portion, trying to catch her as soon as she popped out of the water.

A woman has shared what it's like to be nearsighted and farsighted in two viral TikTok videos that have wowed the internet. TikTok user Hunter Emond—who uses the handle hunteremond—shared how ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even ...

According to the Journal of Ophthalmology, by the year 2050, 5 billion people will have myopia or nearsightedness. Myopia is the most common refractive error of the ...

First-born individuals in a sample of adults in the United Kingdom were more likely to be nearsighted than later-born individuals in a family, and the association was larger before adjusting for ...

“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, or nearsightedness, is a common vision problem that affects as much as 30 percent of the U.S. population. Researchers have identified a number of factors that may figure into why a person's ...

According to the Journal of Ophthalmology, by the year 2050, 5 billion people will have myopia or nearsightedness. Myopia is the most common refractive error of the ...