Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO, was awarded a two-year R21 grant from the National Eye Institute to evaluate the efficacy of a novel, wavelength-based method in slowing the progression of myopia ...

And that’s important, because the number of kids with nearsightedness – or myopia – has been growing rapidly in the U.S., and in many other parts of the world. In the U.S., 42% of people are now ...

Since 1971, cases of nearsightedness in the US have nearly doubled, which some scientists partly link to increased screen time. And in Asia today, nearly 90 percent of teens and adults are ...

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 ...