Spectacle treatment is often the first line of therapy for amblyopia and is quite useful. In 1 study of younger anisometropic children (ages 3 to 7 y), 27% had complete resolution with glasses alone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “While a substantial body of data is available on the epidemiology of amblyopia, it is highly fragmented, and ...

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 ...

Amblyopia, also known as "lazy eye," is a common eye condition in kids that develops when a child has an eye that does not see well. This is caused by a poor connection between the eye to the brain, ...

For centuries, eyepatches have been the gold standard for treating amblyopia, also known as “lazy eye.” Amblyopia is the most common cause of visual impairment in children, health experts say, and is ...

As we enter the new school year one important area that often doesn’t get enough attention is amblyopia. This is an eye condition — commonly known as lazy eye — that generally affects young children.

For generations, adults with amblyopia were told their vision loss was permanent, a childhood problem that medicine could not meaningfully reverse later in life. A new wave of research from MIT and ...

Younger children with amblyopia, or lazy eye, respond better to treatment than older children, according to a report by the Archives of Ophthalmology. A meta-analysis ...