Children with "lazy eye" are more likely to become adults facing an array of serious health problems, a new study warns. Adobe stock Children with "lazy eye" are more likely to become adults facing an ...

Adults who had amblyopia (‘lazy eye’) in childhood are more likely to experience hypertension, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, as well as an increased risk of heart attack, finds a new ...

Aims To evaluate the adult health consequences of amblyopia, including sensory deficits, mental health, physical activity and ...

Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is the most common cause of vision loss in children. And the condition, which compromises depth perception, can last into adulthood. But until recently, treatments for ...

The visual problem is usually treated in kids by temporarily covering the other eye with a patch. But that doesn't always work. Research now shows... Pufferfish Toxin Holds Clues To Treating 'Lazy Eye ...

Amblyopia, often called lazy eye, develops when the brain fails to receive balanced input from both eyes early in life. One eye becomes dominant, while the other lags behind. Standard care relies on ...

Temporarily anesthetizing the retina briefly reverts the activity of the visual system to that observed in early development and enables growth of responses to the amblyopic eye, new research shows.

Children with "lazy eye" are more likely to become adults facing an array of serious health problems, a new study warns. Kids diagnosed with amblyopia are more likely to develop high blood pressure, ...