A major study of laser correction for short-sightedness shows that the procedure is as safe and effective in older teenagers as it is in adults, according to research presented at the 43rd Congress of ...

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A new study from The University of Western Australia has found the world is experiencing a myopia (short-sightedness) epidemic, and the main cause is computer screens rather than mobile phones or ...

Soaring rates of short-sightedness in children are alarming parents and doctors around the world. Can we turn the tide? In the late 1980s and 1990s, parents in Singapore began noticing a worrying ...

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Short-sightedness is driven by how we use our eyes indoors, suggests a new study. The common condition - also known as myopia - may be driven less by screens and more by a common indoor visual habit, ...

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Few things come with no downsides at all. Rich countries have almost completely banished infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera and malaria. Instead, their health ministries spend much of ...

In the early 1980s Taiwan’s army realised it had a problem. More and more of its conscripts seemed to be short-sighted, meaning they needed glasses to focus on distant objects. “They were worried that ...