myopia
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Progression slowed in both the placebo and the atropine groups in the later years of the trial, but that’s to be expected because myopia slows as children grow up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
European regulators have also green-lit treatments by Sydnexis for progressive childhood myopia and Atara-Pierre Fabre’s for a rare blood cancer, both of which were recently rejected by the FDA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
In laboratory research, myopia can be triggered in animal models through visual deprivation or the use of negative lenses, and these two methods are believed to involve different neuronal pathways.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
If validated, this proposed mechanism could significantly change how scientists and clinicians think about myopia progression.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Calpurnia was past middle age and her body had thickened a little, her kinky hair was graying, and she squinted from myopia.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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Like all TV shows, but especially ones that capture the zeitgeist, it’s a product of its time, reflecting the myopias of the era and of its creative team.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
But alongside generational myopias there is wisdom, too.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2020
Ultimately, however, as the disorientation expands, we realise that there are not just misogynies at work here: there are cultural myopias, competing models of freedom, competing versions of Islam.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
But it’s also a symbol for certain insistent myopias of masculinity.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
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