The health ministry has approved Japan's first eye drops designed to slow the progression of myopia, or short-sightedness.

These lenses have been shown to reduce myopia progression on average by about 50 percent. Atropine: These eye drops are taken in each eye before bed. It is currently not known how this medication ...

Nearsightedness runs in my family ... I've always been quite squeamish about my eyes — though I do use dry eye drops, I've been too nervous to ever go near contacts — so it was never something ...