Determining how genetics contribute to common forms of strabismus has been a challenge for researchers. Small discoveries are considered meaningful progress. Boston Children's researchers believe they ...

Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh underwent major surgery at 18 months old to treat an eye ...

While some rare forms of strabismus have been linked to specific genes, common forms have been hard to pin down genetically. A new genome-wide association study, based on 10 years of work enrolling ...

Esotropia and exotropia could have shared genetic risk factors based on findings that genetif duplications on chromosomes were risk factors for the diseases. Genetic duplications in the second, fourth ...

Summer vacation is a good time to plan eye exams and treatment for children. In particular, parents of children with ...

Esotropia is a condition where one or both eyes turn inward. The term derives from Greek, where ‘eso-‘ means ‘inward,’ and ‘trope’ means ‘turn.’ Approximately 1 to 2 percent of all people in the ...

A squint is when a person’s eyes do not align properly but look in different directions. People may also refer to it as “strabismus”. It often affects children but can occur at any age. Corrective ...

The world has more than 2 billion smartphone users. [1] In the United States, 67% of teens own a smartphone, and they spend an average of 6.5 hours per day looking at their smartphone or tablet ...

Strabismus is a common condition in which the eyes do not align properly, turning inward, outward, upward or downward. Two to four percent of children have some form of it. Some cases can be treated ...