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If your child has been diagnosed with myopia, it can feel like a lot of information to take in at once. Parents want to know which myopia control options are safe, effective, and realistic for busy school and sport schedules. Myopia control aims to slow the speed of prescription changes while keeping your child seeing […]
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Screens are part of everyday life for most kids across the country, from online homework to gaming and streaming. A 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis in JAMA Network Open that combined 45 studies and 335,524 participants found that each extra hour of daily digital screen time was linked to approximately 21% higher odds of myopia […]
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Did you know that 80% of what children learn in school is through their vision? From reading the board and completing homework to participating in sports and extracurricular activities, clear and comfortable vision plays a crucial role in their academic and social success. As the return to school approaches, now is the perfect time to […]
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Myopia is becoming a global challenge, particularly for children in our technology-driven world. Commonly known as short-sightedness, Myopia is a refractive error where distant objects appear blurry while close-up vision remains clear. It occurs when the eye grows too long, causing light to focus in front of the retina rather than directly on it. In […]
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Myopia, also known as ‘shortsightedness’, is a common condition in which close objects appear clear, while objects in the distance appear blurry. Although the risk of myopia in children is greatly increased when one or both parents have the condition, it also affects children whose parents are not myopic. Despite its strong genetic component, environmental […]
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What is Myopia? Myopia, also commonly referred to as ‘nearsightedness’ or ‘shortsightedness’, is a common eye condition which causes blurred distance vision. Myopia is a condition in which light is focused in front of the retina (back of the eye) , resulting in blurred vision. Shortsighted people can often see reasonably clearly at short distances, […]
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I’m concerned that my child’s prescription for short-sightedness (myopia) keeps increasing. Is there anything I can do about this? Myopia in children is an issue of global concern, and rates of myopia and increasing around the world. It is estimated that if current prevalence rates of myopia continue, there will be over 2.5 billion people […]
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Some children say that they have difficulties seeing the classroom board. Does that mean that they have myopia (shortsightedness)? Not necessarily. Difficulties seeing in the distance may be caused by a lesser-known condition referred to as pseudo myopia. Pseudo myopia causes difficulties in seeing things clearly in the distance as does myopia. However, unlike myopia, […]
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