Among adolescents, visual acuity tests appear to reliably detect vision problems caused by nearsightedness but not farsightedness or astigmatism, according to a new study. Among adolescents, visual ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LASEK performed with a solid-state excimer laser corrected myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, a study found. The ...

BARCELONA – Conductive keratoplasty is effective in both hyperopic and hyperopic astigmatic treatment, according to a presentation here. “We have noted a significant and stable improvement in near ...

In what is likely a result of our reliance on digital displays, there are now twice as many people in the US and Europe with shortsightedness (or myopia) as there were 50 years ago. Some have ...

When I was 40, I had 20/15 fighter pilot vision, near, far and in between. Today, I wear progressive lenses to correct presbyopia, hyperopia (far-sightedness) and astigmatism, but with those amazing ...

A discussion of his situation led to the selection of the enVista Envy IOL. One month postoperatively, the patient achieved 20/20–2 vision bilaterally, with a small amount of myopia in the right eye ...

Stephen Thigo was born with a rare eye complication. Two years into his life, he was diagnosed with hyperopia, a hereditary sight condition. Hyperopia is also known as farsightedness, longsightedness ...

In most cases, when vision declines, we can use glasses or contact lenses to correct it. Sometimes, we need to start using glasses at an early age, and some people do not require correction until ...