Soaring rates of short-sightedness in children are alarming parents and doctors around the world. Can we turn the tide? In the late 1980s and 1990s, parents in Singapore began noticing a worrying ...

Soaring rates of short-sightedness in children are alarming parents and doctors around the world. Can we turn the tide? In the late 1980s and 1990s, parents in Singapore began noticing a worrying ...

Time spent outdoors is the best defence against rising rates of short-sightedness, but scientists are searching for other ways to reverse the troubling trend.

A PANORAMA of the Alps, as seen from the Piz Langard in the Engadine, used to be sold, upon which Mont Blanc wras figured, though some 3° distant. On a remarkably clear day this was pointed out ...

The prevalence of myopia, or short-sightedness, in children is steadily increasing worldwide. Experts are sounding the alarm, ...

Number of children with near-sightedness increasing globally, study says 01:07. BOSTON - A new study finds a startling number of children worldwide are developing near-sightedness.

Short-sightedness was detected in 22 per cent of six-year-olds – a staggering fivefold jump compared with before Covid. A lack of natural light while spending more time indoors due to pandemic ...

It may be irreversible, but the battle with short-sightedness needs to be contained, if not won. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.