Myopia, or nearsightedness, has reached epidemic levels worldwide, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Orthokeratology, which involves wearing specially designed contact lenses overnight to reshape the cornea, has proven effective in slowing axial eye growth—a key factor in myopia progression. Yet not all children benefit equally. Traditional predictors like age or initial degree of myopia … Read more
Patients with advanced kidney cancer who received an experimental vaccine after their tumours were removed were still cancer-free years later in a small early-stage trial, researchers reported in Nature. New vaccine wipes out kidney cancer recurrence: Is this the future of oncology?(Shutterstock) These were patients “where you know the risk of the cancer coming back … Read more
Capping ten years of work to stem the tide of nearsightedness, David Berntsen, Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry and chair of Clinical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Optometry, is reporting that his team’s method to slow myopia not only works – but lasts. The original Bifocal Lenses In Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study showed … Read more