Prevent Blindness declares August Children's Eye Health and Safety Month healio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from healio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A study conducted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and 11 other hospitals and practices across the United States shows that use of low-dose atropine eyedrops, commonly used in a higher dose to treat lazy eye, was no better than a placebo at slowing myopia (nearsightedness) progression and elongation of the eye among children treated for two years.
Study to test eye drops for nearsightedness sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Atropine drops fail to slow myopia in US children, study says healio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from healio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.