Atropine eyedrops therapy

Weekend Atropine Eyedrops (1%) Therapy Controls Childhood Myopia The eyes of today’s children have no time to relax. Reading, writing, watching television, using the computer, surfing the internet or playing video games. Not surprisingly, about half of our primary school children are shortsighted. But there’s good news, childhood myopia control can be controlled through atropine…

The childhood myopia epidemic

Introduction The prevalence of myopia has escalated remarkably over the past twenty years in Singapore.  It is the most common eye problem, which our society faces today.  It has been estimated that 40% of our present population is myopic.  This compares rather unfavorably with 25% in the United States and 9% in Sweden.  With these…