LASIK, a laser eye surgery that corrects common vision problems by reshaping the cornea, may help treat people with mild to moderate astigmatism. However, it may not be right for everyone.

DOI: 10.1111/acer.70052 Alcohol-related genetic variants influence the effects of a medication for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to an innovative study.

Baby KJ, like author Julia Vitarello’s late daughter, Mila, has received a groundbreaking genetic treatment. The FDA must catch up.

Classic textbooks teach that the incidence of keratoconus is one per 2,000. That would equate to about 170,000 patients with keratoconus in the United States.However, more recent studies suggest ...

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Astigmatism prevalence in children increased post-pandemic, with refractive astigmatism rising from 23.4% pre-pandemic to 34.7% in 2022-2023. Corneal astigmatism prevalence rose from 59.7% pre ...

In a cohort of 21,655 children ages 6 to 8 years, the prevalence rate of refractive astigmatism of at least 1.0 diopter (D) increased from 21.4% in 2015 to 34.7% in 2022-2023, and corneal ...

Importantly, the threshold for astigmatism to cause amblyopia lowers with age—from 3 diopters (D) or more in infancy to 1.5 D by ages 3 to 4—underscoring the need for early diagnosis and ...

Even though a large proportion of cancer patients carry genetic mutations that make them more susceptible to cancer, only a small percentage of them — and their family members — undergo ...

A new era in genetic engineering Breakthroughs in gene editing and expression control with mvGPT Date: January 8, 2025 Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science ...

TikToker Tahoma (@ realtahoma), who has an astigmatism, calls out the ubiquitous headlights in a video posted to her account Sunday. So far the video is up to 520,700 views and counting. She can ...

One 2018 review estimated that the prevalence of astigmatism in World Health Organization regions is 40.4 percent in adults and 14.9 percent in children, although this varied between regions.