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myopia

[mahy-oh-pee-uh] / maɪˈoʊ pi ə /


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Sydnexis has spent a decade developing atropine eye drops that slow the progression of pediatric myopia, a growing problem.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

Severe myopia increases the risk of cataracts, glaucoma and retinal detachment later in life.

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

The theory suggests that maintaining safe exposure to bright light while limiting accommodative pupil constriction may help control myopia.

From Science Daily Feb. 19, 2026

Lon had been right, of course: years of poring over manuscripts had given the Librarian severe myopia, and he wore thin half-moon spectacles on the end of his nose.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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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