Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both 0.03% and 0.05% atropine eyedrops significantly enlarged pupil size. Low-dose atropine drops had no ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Combining orthokeratology lenses with atropine eye drops may lead to better myopia control but also increase ...

Atropine, a medication commonly used to dilate the eyes for exams, can slow nearsightedness in children, a study finds. A dilute solution worked... If you peek into classrooms around the world, a ...

Atropine eye drops given once a day to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, the most common cause of visual impairment in children, work as well as the standard treatment of patching one eye. This research ...

A new study revealed that the controlled use of eye drops with the drug atropine in children may help decrease the effects of myopia or nearsightedness. Researchers in Singapore found that a low ...

Compared with placebo, low-dose atropine (0.01%) eyedrops may slow myopia (nearsightedness) progression and axial elongation in Chinese children with low and moderate myopia. It is estimated that by ...

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

In a cohort of over 1.2 million Taiwanese children followed up for at least 5 years, those with myopia had a higher risk for ocular problems than those without the condition. However, among children ...

A nightly use of 0.05% atropine eyedrops resulted in a lower incidence of myopia compared with placebo. Reduced incidence of myopia and myopic shift after 2 years of follow-up was seen in patients who ...

A new clinical trial has found that a common eye drop is a safe and effective way to slow the progression of nearsightedness in children. The finding may provide an easier way of treating the ...

If you peek into classrooms around the world, a bunch of bespectacled kids peek back at you. In some countries such as China, as much as 80 percent of children are nearsighted. As those kids grow up, ...