This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Cataract surgery restores a person’s vision to how it was before they developed cataracts. However, in some cases, it can also reduce other types of visual impairment, such as near- or farsightedness.

WASHINGTON -- The government has approved a new surgical device to treat farsightedness that uses radiofrequency waves, instead of a laser, to zap the cornea into shape. The new "conductive ...

Nearsightedness (myopia) and Farsightedness (hyperopia or presbyopia) are well-known refractive errors or refractive eye diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are ...

For the past several years laser eye surgeons have bombarded the public with ads for Lasik, the laser eye surgery targeted primarily at America's 70 million myopes -- people who are nearsighted and ...

The ophthalmological condition that presents with deficiency in near vision, but normal far vision, is known as hyperopia or farsightedness. While most term babies are born with this condition, it ...

Early use of prescription eyeglasses by young children with hyperopia failed to show a significant vision benefit after 3 years of follow-up in a randomized trial. Children assigned to glasses had a ...

Centre For Sight brings WaveLight Plus InnovEyes to its Dwarka centre in Delhi as an advanced refractive solution for ...

Farsighted preschoolers and kindergartners have a harder time paying attention and that could put them at risk of slipping behind in school, a new study suggests. Farsighted preschoolers and ...