Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A parental history of myopia was related to myopia progression in a study of children in Singapore, but reading ...

New research uncovers how everyday screen time and reading behaviors could shape kids’ eye health, offering insights for early myopia prevention. Study: Thicker peripapillary choroid may be associated ...

While one study suggests reading at a distance closer than 25 cm may be a risk for developing myopia, reading probably only has a small effect on developing myopia. The effect of greater screen use on ...

While summer is the time for vacation, it can also be when kids spend most of their days indoors, watching TV, reading books or playing on devices – a combination which can contributes to the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A rise in myopia in East Asia is due to lifestyle changes and not genetics, a science magazine says, quoting Australian scientists.

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is expected to impact millions of children by 2050. Currently, one in three children suffer from ...

Reading in the dark or holding a book to close to your face could indeed damage your eyes, as your parents used to warn. "People whose professions entail much reading during either training or ...

Reporting in the journal Lancet, the authors note that up to 90% of young adults in major East Asian countries, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and South Korea, are nearsighted. The overall ...