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 ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
Around half of the global population could need corrective lenses by 2050 — a health care burden that already costs Americans an estimated $7.2 billion annually. It’s because myopia, also known as ...
Screens are omnipresent in most people's lives. If you spend your 9-to-5 staring at a computer, scroll through TikTok on your free time, and binge-watch your favorite shows on the weekend, that's not ...
When a condition has more than one treatment, it’s often because there is no one treatment that works perfectly. If one did, ...
Hypermetropia and presbyopia are both forms of refractive error and cause blurred vision. They have different causes and require different treatments. Are objects far ...