As humans age, our eyes adjust based on how we use them, growing or shortening to focus where needed, and we now know that blurred input to the eye while the eye is growing causes myopia. It is so ...

Working with an Amish-Mennonite family tree, Johns Hopkins researchers at the Wilmer Eye Institute have discovered what appears to be the first human gene mutation that causes extreme farsightedness.

Myopia (nearsightedness) and hyperopia (farsightedness) develop through different molecular pathways, according to a new study. The finding provides a new understanding of myopia, the most common form ...

A revolutionary, cutting-edge technology, developed by researchers at Bar-Ilan University's Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), has the potential to provide a new alternative to ...

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You may have seen advertisements claiming to eliminate the need for eyeglasses through vision therapy or vision training – basically, eye exercises. These exercises include putting pressure on or ...

Nearsightedness occurs when a person’s cornea is too steep for the length of their eye. The light rays are focusing in front of the retina, blurring images. The laser is applied to the cornea to ...

An optometrist took to TikTok to answer a common question most people with perfect vision have asked before: What do near- and farsighted people see without their glasses? “I was actually shocked how ...

Scientists are on the verge of developing a less invasive and more affordable, incision-free method to treat vision problems. Chemists in California stumbled upon the idea that vision issues could be ...

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