Can AI Help Stop the World From Going Nearsighted?

Can AI Help Stop the World From Going Nearsighted?

Artificial intelligence models have immense potential for diagnosing myopia, assessing its risk factors, and predicting its outcomes. Myopia, or nearsightedness, currently affects over two billion people worldwide. When left uncorrected, it can significantly impair vision, disrupting education, employment opportunities, and overall quality of life. By 2050, nearly half of the global population is expected to [...]

Why we now think the myopia epidemic can be slowed – or even reversed

Rates of near-sightedness are rising all over the world. But solutions to the epidemic are coming into focus and could be simpler than you think

The value of innovation in controlling myopia

How studies into myopia management can increase access to vision care.