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Article: Soft Contact Lenses Do Not Increase Myopia Progression in Children, Study Shows.

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April 28, 2008
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Largest randomized trial of its kind shows no clinically meaningful difference between contacts and glasses for progression of nearsightedness

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Soft contact lens wear does not accelerate the development of nearsightedness in children, a new study shows. Findings from the three-year study, the largest randomized trial of its kind, were presented today at the annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

According to the multi-site wearing trial study, which tracked the myopic progression of 484 children ages 8-11 randomly assigned to wear glasses or contact lenses, there ...

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