Pluses or minuses before a number on glasses prescription mean a person is short-sighted or long-sighted. The footage shows progressively more short-sighted vision. Short-sightedness is when you ...

Most newborn babies begin life long-sighted. Within the first year of life, the eyes naturally develop and the long-sightedness reduces to the point of their vision becoming almost perfect.

The pandemic may be to blame for spiralling levels of short-sightedness in children, researchers revealed today. Experts have long warned it is because youngsters are spending less time outdoors ...

short-sighted eyes. Researchers think that this explains why rates are so high in Asia, where a strong cultural emphasis on the value of education leads to long school days and, often, private ...