If you've ever found yourself driving down the highway and noticed that billboards, traffic signs or vehicles in the distance appear blurry, chances are you're experiencing some form of myopia. This ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. More than a third of children ...

A study of 4,500 U.S. children over 20 years has identified a single test that can predict which kids will become nearsighted by the eighth grade: a measure of their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The new drug application is supported by 3-year data from the STAR study. If approved, SYD-101 would be the ...

Children who read too close, watch too much TV, or spend too much time staring at computers and tablets are not more likely to develop myopia, or nearsightedness, in the future. Instead, researchers ...

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.

In a new consensus report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said that myopia should be classified as a disease that requires a medical diagnosis, and that children should ...

As scientists try to untangle the reasons for skyrocketing rates of nearsightedness in kids, new treatment options can help prevent their vision from getting worse. In the U.S. myopia rates have ...