Spending more of your life studying could cause you to lose your sight, according to UK research which found every year of education incrementally increases short-sightedness. The difference is so ...

The number of short-sighted children and adolescents globally will grow to more than 740 million by 2050, according to a comprehensive new analysis looking into the prevalence of the eye disorder. The ...

If you find yourself squinting to read road signs or struggling to recognise faces across the street, you’re not alone. Short-sightedness – or myopia – is a common eye condition in the UK. It happens ...

Children’s eyesight is steadily getting worse, with one in three children now short-sighted, a new study has suggested. In a report published by the British Journal of Ophthalmology, warnings about ...

Children's eyesight is steadily getting worse with one in three now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global analysis suggests. The researchers say Covid lockdowns may ...

Childhood myopia appears to be on the increase, and could be due to looking at small screens and less time spent outdoors 10-year-old Hollie Lawlor, whose myopia was caught early. Picture: Gareth ...

Danny, 13, who was diagnosed with myopia when he was seven, is not able to use his NHS voucher towards treatment for the condition [BBC] Children with short-sightedness are being stopped from using ...

Children with short-sightedness are being stopped from using NHS vouchers to help pay for new treatment unlike in other parts of the UK, Northern Ireland optometrists have said. The chair of Optometry ...

In late September the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made an announcement that has the potential to positively impact tens of millions of kids for the rest of their lives. That’s because the FDA ...