A new report shows the benefit of wearing contact lenses for slowing myopia has a lasting effect -- good news since 50% of the world (5 billion people) will likely be nearsighted by 2050.

Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the ...

Anchored by its three core product categories - intraocular lenses, orthokeratology lenses, and soft contact lenses - the company has strategically expanded its product pipeline to cover the full ...

By contrast, studies of other myopia treatments, such as atropine drops and orthokeratology lenses that are designed to temporarily reshape the eye’s outermost corneal layer, showed a rebound effect ...

Purpose: Although the orthokeratology effects on corneal biomechanics have been proven with clinical trials, reports of stiffness parameter change are scarce. This study investigated the short-term ...

Volumetric myopia defocus dosage may be useful for predicting long-term axial growth in patients undergoing ortho-k.

Special contact lenses, called orthokeratology, have helped slow the progression of nearsightedness in some children. The lenses are hard and have to be worn overnight, but according to NPR ...

Corneal astigmatism changes following temporary ortho-k treatment cessation are affected by age and treatment duration.