Kids suffering from nearsightedness can slow the progression of their myopia by using soft bifocal contact lenses, a new trial shows. Bifocal contacts with a powerful corrective prescription slowed ...

The results of a new clinical trial may provide more hope for children with myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness. The study found that kids as young as 7 who regularly wore powerful bifocal ...

In the CONTROL study, distance center bifocal contact lenses offered greater control over myopia progression and axial elongation compared to many published results with multifocal spectacles, ...

Contact lenses have come a long way and offer some exciting options. You can bat a pair of baby blues one day, then flash golden tiger eyes the next. You can even ...

Mascarelli writes for The Times. Here’s one good reason to turn off the Wii or Game Boy: Eye experts increasingly believe that time spent outdoors could reduce the likelihood that children will ...

Whatever you call it, myopia is more common than ever. In the United States, more than 1 in 3 people are nearsighted, according to the National Eye Institute. That’s a 32 percent increase from the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the treatment once they stop wearing the lenses, new research ...

December 9, 2011 — Existing treatments to slow the progression of nearsightedness, or myopia, in children are either ineffective or impractical because of side effects, according to a Cochrane Library ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Visual acuity at distances of 0.3 m, 0.5 m and 0.7 m significantly improved. Users experienced higher ...

In children, high add power multifocal contact lenses significantly reduced the rate of myopia (nearsightedness) progression over 3 years compared with medium add power and single-vision lenses. The ...