Washington, May 3 (ANI): Mutations in a gene that helps regulate copper and oxygen levels in eye tissue are associated with a severe form of nearsightedness, according to a study at Duke Medicine.

Washington, May 2 (ANI): Two new studies add to the growing evidence that nearsightedness in children could be prevented or minimized by spending time outdoors.

London, February 11(ANI): Scientists have discovered 24 new genes that cause refractive errors and myopia (short-sightedness).

Washington, October 3 (ANI): Experts at the State University of New York have supported the development of a potential cure for myopia by using specialty contact lenses that coax the eye to grow in a way that can correct nearsighted vision while reducing myopia progression.

London, Aug 3 (ANI): Children who regularly play outdoors are less likely to become shortsighted as teenagers, a new study has revealed.

London, May 4 (ANI): Experts have blamed 'intense' levels of education for an epidemic of shortsightedness sweeping across eastern Asia.

Washington, Oct 25 (ANI): Allowing children and adolescents to spend more time outdoors may help reduce rates of nearsightedness, also known as myopia, in them, according to a new analysis of recent eye health studies.

Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): Scientists have identified a gene whose mutation leads to myopia or nearsightedness.