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Contact lenses used to slow nearsightedness in youth have a lasting effect
January 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued the following news release:

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Contact lenses used to slow nearsightedness in youth have a lasting effect

NIH-funded study finds progression of eye growth returns to normal in older teens, with no loss of treatment benefit. 

A myopic eye grows too long from front to back. Light gets focused in front of the retina. NEI

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