A new meta-analysis in the journal JAMA Pediatrics finds that more overall time on screens each day, regardless of its quality, is linked to lower language development and we may add vision underdevelopment as well. "What we do see is, as the number of hours increases, so too does the risk for problematic outcomes," said lead researcher Sheri Madigan of the University of Calgary in Canada. "What this work suggests is that the quality of screen-viewing matters, but I think it

How long should I or my child spend in front of the screen? This is a question that parents often ask when they see me at Orthovision. At...

This is an amazing study on near work and myopia. In this study, many publications from 1989 to 2014 on the relationship between myopia and prolonged near work were analysed and the results are astonishing… "We found that more time spent on near work activities was associated with higher odds of myopia (odds ratio [OR] = 1.14; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.08–1.20) and that the odds of myopia increased by 2% (OR:1.02; 95% CI = 1.01–1.03) for every one diopter-hour (hr) mo

We just read this article on CBS News . It was originally published in August 2015 but hast not lost any of its relevance - in the contrary... we believe that screen time has even increased since then. This is why we share it with you here, cross-referencing the article to some of our own articles on the blog to give you more insight. And we want to start with the words with which the article closes: "[The computers] are very useful, obviously.... We're not saying don't use

Great to see that you are still here with me and haven't turned me off yet! Today's lesson is very important especially for the the...

If you have read through the older Blogs you know how critical I am towards too much screen-time. However, I think it is also high time...

Today, I want to pick up on an article I saw on 8 February in the Straits Times titled 'Children learn better from people than screens'....

Today, we want to share this very interesting article in the telegraph with you. Web addiction is becoming a very big problem across the...

Why are you not able to sleep immediately and well after the use of screens, particularly a computer? What happens to your child after...