Myopia, or nearsightedness, is common globally, but in some parts of east and southeast Asia rates are extremely high, affecting 80-90% of young people. A university in China is now collaborating ...

But the ophthalmologist in the western French city of Nantes had some good news: specially designed glasses had just become ... 6 dioptres or more is called high myopia, which can increase the ...

Glasses and contact lenses have become an ... Concave lenses correct myopia by being thin at the centre and thick at the edge. It diverges light rays entering the eye so they focus further back ...

But Paul’s ophthalmologist in the western French city of Nantes had some good news: specially designed glasses had just become available that could slow down the progression of Paul’s myopia.