<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2014/may/052914berntsenmyopia.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 07:50:27 PM</pubDate><title>UH Part of $7.5M NIH Clinical Trial on Nearsightedness in Children</title><subtitle/><description>UH is part of an NIH study to determine whether commercially available, soft bifocal contact lenses slow the progression of nearsightedness in children. The BLINK Study is a multicenter randomized clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute, worth approximately $7.5 million.</description><author>Lisa Merkl</author><author-email>lkmerkl@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>Health,People,Research,Top Stories</categories></item>