Eye health and vision have widespread and profound implications for many aspects of life,
health, sustainable development, and the economy. Yet nowadays, many people, families …

Outdoor time is considered to reduce the risk of developing myopia. The purpose is to
evaluate the evidence for association between time outdoors and (1) risk of onset of myopia …

We report a noninvasive strategy for electrically stimulating neurons at depth. By delivering
to the brain multiple electric fields at frequencies too high to recruit neural firing, but which …

Summary 23% of the total global burden of disease is attributable to disorders in people
aged 60 years and older. Although the proportion of the burden arising from older people (≥ …

Worldwide, populations are rapidly ageing. This demographic shift presents both
opportunities and challenges. Most people aspire to live a long and healthy life, and older …

Aim From the most recent data the magnitude of visual impairment and its causes in 2010
have been estimated, globally and by WHO region. The definitions of visual impairment are …

Myopia has emerged as a major health issue in east Asia, because of its increasingly high
prevalence in the past few decades (now 80–90% in school-leavers), and because of the …

Ageing is a natural process. Everyone must undergo this phase of life at his or her own time
and pace. In the broader sense, ageing reflects all the changes taking place over the course …

Purpose Vision impairment is a leading and largely preventable cause of disability
worldwide. However, no study of global and regional trends in the prevalence of vision …

Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that children who spend more time outdoors are
less likely to be, or to become myopic, irrespective of how much near work they do, or …