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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A school-based program aimed at getting more Chinese teenagers with vision problems to buy glasses has failed, according to a new report.The finding is a set-back for researchers working to improve visual health in a country where ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're getting a drug injection for macular degeneration or another eye condition, a new study suggests you might want to make sure your doctor doesn't talk while doing the procedure.Researchers found that in just a few ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating "lazy eye" is more likely to be successful the younger the child, but even older kids can benefit more than was previously believed, according to a large new study.Researchers reviewed data on nearly 1,000 children treated ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in 16 preschoolers has visual impairment in at least one eye, suggests a new study of Australian kids.The majority of those children only had problems in one eye, and the most common causes were astigmatism, farsightedness ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in three elderly Koreans have dry eyes, according to a new study.The findings, published this week in the Archives of Ophthalmology, also show that women and people living in urban areas are more likely to report ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Droopy eye affects about 1 in 12,500 kids, which is about what doctors expected, a new study says.Droopy eye, or ptosis, is usually caused by damage to the muscle that raises the eyelid and can be present ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding to past evidence, acupuncture plus wearing glasses might help kids get over "lazy eye," a new study says.In kids 3 to 7 years old, acupuncture plus glasses helped vision improve compared with just glasses alone, said ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating less meat and more vegetables is tied to a lower risk of cataracts, a British study says.In a large dietary survey that followed people for as long as 15 years, researchers found that about three in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Inhaling the vapors from "poppers" to get high even once can cause eye damage, but habitual huffing may lead to months-long vision loss, French doctors say.The study was small, only involving six HIV-positive men with a history ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even after successful treatment for "lazy eye," people may still have certain vision problems in day-to-day life, a small study suggests.The study, of 26 people with a history of lazy eye, found that even if their vision ...
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