About half of US adults age 20 and older have refractive errors, or eye problems that result in less than 20/20 vision, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of ...

We identified 2027 residents aged 40 years or older in Namil-myeon, a rural town in central South Korea. Of 1928 eligible residents, 1532 subjects (79.5%) participated. Each subject underwent ...

A Danish study of nationwide registries estimated a 39% greater risk of high refractive error among children of mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP ...

"Uncorrected refractive errors remain a significant cause of visual disability," Brian L. VanderBeek, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, ...

Children who took short-term topical atropine eye drops, 0.01% to 1.0%, had no difference in final refractive errors 10 to 20 years after treatment. Taking short-term topical atropine eye drops, with ...

An intraocular lens that can be adjusted after cataract surgery has better outcomes for meeting target vision than other ...

A public health issue Fortunately, there are effective optical (specific glasses or contact lenses, with optical profiles causing defocus at the periphery) and pharmacological (low-dose atropine) ...

A presbyopia-correcting laser treatment improved distance and near visual acuity, according to a study published in Journal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Active outreach, education and ensuring that spectacles are available at an affordable cost are ...

When light entering the eye is focused by both the cornea and the retina, the eye will see 20/20 or better without optical aids. However, if light is not focused correctly, vision is less than 20/20, ...

About half of U.S. adults age 20 and older have refractive errors, or eye problems that result in less than 20/20 vision, according to a report in the August issue of ...