*The more time you spend staring at a computer screen or smartphone the more strain you’re putting on your eyes. As reported by Get Pocket, “When our eyes spend more time focusing on near objects, ...

Myopia, frequently called nearsightedness, can be as inconvenient as it is common. A vision condition that causes nearby objects to appear clear but distant ones to appear blurry, myopia can happen ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common type of refractive error where close objects appear clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. Although this vision ...

HOUSTON, March 10, 2017 - Nearsightedness has become a global epidemic. With more than two billion people currently affected, it's double what it was a half century ago. By the end of the decade, ...

Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic.

If the world is looking a little more blurry lately, well, sure, it could be because you're getting older. But some scientists say it could also be because you didn't spend enough time outdoors as a ...

Half of the world’s population may soon be in need of glasses. According to a troubling recent study, scientists are predicting that by 2050, close to five billion people will be nearsighted. While ...