Amblyopia, also known as "lazy eye," is a common eye condition in kids that develops when a child has an eye that does not see well. This is caused by a poor connection between the eye to the brain, ...

Parents of children with unilateral congenital cataracts (UCC) may wonder how long to patch and if extended periods of patching might impact their child’s development or cause undue stress for the ...

The present study was approved by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Institutional Review Board and conformed to the requirements of the United States Health Insurance Portability and ...

Pediatric ophthalmology researcher Carolyn Drews-Botsch's research helps parents and health care providers decide whether or not to continue patching their children who were treated for unilateral ...

Amblyopia, sometimes called lazy eye, is a common vision problem in children and babies, and it’s typically been treated by having the child wear a patch on the stronger eye, with the goal of ...

GRAND FORKS, ND (KXNET) — The pediatric eye disease known as the lazy eye — also called amblyopia — dates back to Hippocrates ...