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Results of a cross-sectional study highlight features linked with high myopia in Dutch individuals. Among highly myopic Dutch individuals with European ancestry, myopic retinal features are frequent; ...

Myopic maculopathy, also known as myopic macular degeneration, is a key feature of pathologic myopia. In the META-PM classification system, myopic maculopathy lesions are categorized into five ...

Eye diseases are extremely prevalent worldwide, with recent estimates suggesting that one-third of the global population suffers from some type of vision impairment. Given the high complexity of the ...

Macular degeneration is a disease in which visual cells and retinal pigment epithelium in the center of the retina are damaged, resulting in decreased vision. The dry type progresses slowly as waste ...

A five-year clinical study has revealed that spectacle lenses equipped with highly aspherical lenslets (HAL) can significantly slow the progression of myopia and axial elongation in children. The ...

More time outdoors and less time indoors, especially doing “close-up” work, can help prevent juvenile myopia and high myopia and lower the risks of future vision problems in children and young adults.

The World Health Organization warns that by 2030, 40% of the world's population will be nearsighted. In the U.S. alone, myopia rates have soared over the past 50 years, from 25% in 1971 to nearly 42% ...

Charlotte Timbury, director of medical and professional affairs for north Europe at EssilorLuxottica, told OT about the ...