Research

Clinicians have highlighted the case of a young patient who developed nutritional optic neuropathy as a result of a highly limited diet

A US experiment will involve children sleeping over in a lab before being periodically exposed to red and blue lights

Figures from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health reveal that 745 children and young people from England and Wales have type 2 diabetes

Scientists are looking to recruit short-sighted children between the ages of six and 10 for a trial testing a new myopia treatment

A teenager who was hit in the eye with a gel pellet suffered a corneal abrasion and could only detect hand movements in the affected eye

Bright natural light may be effective in lessening the effects of lazy eye, according to new research

“All she wanted to do was sleep and not open her eyes”

A survey has found that 35% of parents asked a health visitor to check their child’s eyes – up from 29% in 2014

The Queen’s University Belfast professor discusses a UK trial of 0.01% atropine for the management of myopia in children

The Brien Holden Vision Institute has estimated that the financial burden of short-sightedness is more than 1% of GDP in South East Asia