That’s the message behind two new studies that link children’s screen time to nearsightedness, and more seriously, to a dozen kinds of cancer. But doctors warn not to panic and di.

Screen Time and Myopia: How It Increases Your Child’s Risk. Myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness, is a vision condition where distant objects appear blurry while close-up objects remain clear.

How Screen Time Affects Eye Health Spending long hours on digital devices can lead to myopia for several reasons: Increased Near-Work Activity Looking at screens involves focusing on objects that ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Each hour a person spends squinting into a smartphone or staring at a screen increases their risk of nearsightedness, a new evidence review suggests.

About The Study: In this systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis, a daily 1-hour increment in digital screen time was associated with 21% higher odds of myopia (nearsightedness) and the ...

Study: The association between screen time exposure and myopia in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.Image Credit: Inna Kot/Shutterstock.com. Background . Myopia, or near-sightedness, is a ...

Myopia rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed over the past 50 years, from 25% in the 1970s to nearly 42% in 2017, according to the National Eye Institute. The agency predicts half the world will be ...

NEW YORK — Children are being diagnosed with nearsightedness at an increasing rate, doctors say, and the trend has been linked to screen time. A recent study of children in Hong Kong, published ...

According to a panel of U.S. ophthalmology experts, children who spend lots of time indoors and on computers and other electronic devices may be raising their risk for nearsightedness. 1. The ...

Every hour spent with a screen increases a person’s risk of nearsightedness Risk increases dramatically from 1 to 4 daily hours spent with a screen The risk is independent of other near-vision ...