Low doses of the eyedrops ophthalmologists use to dilate your pupils during an eye exam are not able to slow the progression of nearsightedness (myopia) in children, a new clinical trial has found.

Atropine eyedrops at a concentration of 0.01% did not outperform placebo drops in slowing either myopia progression or elongation of the eye among children after two years of treatment, the stu...

There is no cure for nearsightedness, but medicated eye drops can slow down its progression in children, a new trial finds.

The study tested the effects of eye drops containing a very low dose of the drug atropine -- the same medication used to dilate the pupils during an eye exam.

Researchers found that when children with nearsightedness used the drops every day for three years, th...