The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for SYD-101 (atropine sulfate) to slow the progression of myopia in children. Considered a common ...

If approved, SYD-101 would be the first pharmaceutical treatment to slow the progression of pediatric myopia in the U.S. The FDA accepted a new drug application for SYD-101 to slow the progression ...

Also known as “pathological myopia” and “degenerative myopia,” MMD most commonly develops in people who are very nearsighted. People with nearsightedness (sometimes called shortsightedness ...

At the EnVision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Poonam Misra, MD, and Alcina Lidder, MD, gave advice on managing glaucoma in patients with other ocular co-morbidities such as myopia and those ...

Purpose To assess the 10-year incidence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and its associations in an adult Chinese population. Methods Longitudinal observational population-based study. Out of 4439 ...

Brianna Rhue, OD, FAAO, discusses the pitfalls of myopia treatment and accessibility of that treatment. There are still some pitfalls associated with myopia treatment in children, according to ...

It’s another standard of excellence in cinema—and we’d argue that there’s indeed correlation between great posters and great films. Consider: In our (admittedly wildly unscientific!) ...

A systematic review published in JAMA Network Open has explored the relationship between daily screen time and myopia risk. Researchers from South Korea and Ireland examined 45 studies involving ...

Renowned artist Matt Ferguson has also designed a brand-new poster to mark the re-release, which you can check out below. For many fans, Revenge of the Sith stands out as the best film of the ...

A pair of University of Houston optometry researchers is warning against the use of low-level red light (LLRL) therapy as a method to control myopia, or nearsightedness, especially in children. Over ...