A study from 7 institutions in Hong Kong reported that tapering of low-dose atropine before the drug was discontinued had ...

SYD-101 significantly slowed the progression of myopia in younger children and quick progressors over 36 months, according to ...

Background/aims Although 0.01% atropine is widely used for myopia control, its efficacy is debated and its effectiveness ...

If you peek into classrooms around the world, a bunch of bespectacled kids peek back at you. In some countries such as China, as much as 80 percent of children are nearsighted. As those kids grow up, ...

The short-term use of atropine eye drops to treat myopia in children did not affect long-term visual outcomes, the prospective observational ATLAS study of participants from two randomized trials ...

Child eye test and eye exam. Little girl having eye check-up, with phoropter. Doctor performs eye test for child. This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine.

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

Overview: Atropine ophthalmic is an eye drop used to dilate the pupils and relax eye muscles before eye exams or procedures. It is also used to treat lazy eye. The most common side effects are pain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Combining orthokeratology lenses with atropine eye drops may lead to better myopia control but also increase ...

In the hours following the reported chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus last Wednesday, ailing men, women, and children flocked to the city's hospitals. Doctors in the Syrian capital ...

Inspectors from the United Nations are attempting to determine whether the Syrian government is responsible for the use of chemical weapons in attacks there—a line that, if crossed, could warrant ...

Atropine has long been used to treat abnormally slow heart rate in emergency situations by altering the way electrical signals move through the heart. Bradycardia is an especially slow heartbeat and a ...