Refractive errors are common eye issues that can cause blurry or distorted vision. Treatment usually involves wearing glasses or contact lenses or getting procedures ...

A 7-year-old boy presented to a satellite office of the New England Eye Center after referral from a local optometrist for persistently decreased vision despite appropriate spectacle correction for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a prospective, school-based cohort study, Collins and colleagues analyzed data from 321 youths in second and ...

A refraction test is usually given as part of a routine eye examination. It may also be called a vision test. This test tells your eye doctor exactly what prescription you need in your glasses or ...

A refractive disorder is an ocular condition caused by changes in the shape of the eye, which prevents light from being focused sharply on the retina, creating unclear images. The causes may range ...

The distribution of human refractive errors displays features that are not commonly seen in other biological variables. Compared with the more typical Gaussian distribution, adult refraction within a ...

November 28, 2011 — Researchers have found a strong severity-dependent association between refractive error and the prevalence of childhood strabismus, according to ...

Children who took short-term topical atropine eye drops, 0.01% to 1.0%, had no difference in final refractive errors 10 to 20 years after treatment. Taking short-term topical atropine eye drops, with ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

To determine the morphologic features of the optic disc and the location of visual field (VF) defect in relation to posterior staphyloma in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) eyes with myopia. We enrolled ...

The Assistant Commissioner for Community Health in charge of disability and rehabilitation in the Ministry of Health, Dr Moses Muwanga, has said the government is set to train teachers on eye care to ...