Clinical
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1.2KInvestigational and Early-stage Myopia Interventions – A Farsighted View
November 1, 2020 By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA Collaborator, BHVI With the increasing incidence of myopia all around the world, predictions of...
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3.2KMechanism of Action of Atropine in Controlling Myopia Progression
October 1, 2020 By Huy Tran, MD, and Thao Ha, MD Myopia is the most common refractive error worldwide and is estimated...
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2.4KPediatric Myopia Management vs. Adult Orthokeratology
October 1, 2020 By Michael Lipson, OD, FAAO, FSLS Years ago, the pharmaceutical agent bimatoprost was developed to reduce intraocular pressure and...
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1.5KShould You Treat Binocular Vision Issues Before Initiating Myopia Management?
September 1, 2020 By SooJin Nam, BOptom, MOptom, MBA(Exec) Long before myopia management developed accepted clinical protocols, optometry managed binocular vision dysfunctions....
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2.8KCycloplegic Refraction in Managing Myopia
September 1, 2020 By Rebecca Yan Shun Weng, BOptom (Hons), Grad Dip(I&T) The prevalence of myopia has increased dramatically, with an observable...
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3.8KWhy Myopia Increases the Relative Risk of Open-angle Glaucoma
August 1, 2020 By Monica Jong, PhD, BOptom Myopia and high myopia are estimated to affect 50 percent (5 billion) and 10...
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5.6KTopical Low-Dose Atropine: A Global Perspective
June 24, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management The use of atropine to...
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3.0KWhat’s Normal, What’s Not? Emmetropisation and Normal Ocular Growth in Caucasian and Asian Children
July 1, 2020 By Koumbo Ornella PhD candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Emmetropisation is a process by which the components of the...
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3.3KWhat Myopia Management Is and What It Is Not
July 1, 2020 By Debbie Jones, BSc, FCOptom, FAAO Almost without exception, a paper or article written about myopia starts with the...
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3.1KEyenovia Developing a Microdose Treatment for Delivering Atropine
June 12, 2020 The clinical-stage ophthalmic biopharmaceutical company Eyenovia is developing a microdose treatment that is designed to improve the delivery of...
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3.8KMyopic Maculopathy: What Is It and How Is It Treated?
June 8, 2020 By Xiaoying Zhu, OD, PhD, MD, MS, FAAO Myopia is currently a major public health concern because of its...
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4.7KReal World Myopia Management: When and How to Change Treatments
June 1, 2020 By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA As the prevalence of myopia grows throughout the world, the onset moves to younger...
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4.2KMyopia Management in the Era of COVID-19
June 1, 2020 By Melanie Frogozo, OD In late 2019 a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and its associated disease COVID-19, emerged in China...
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5.1KDoes My Child Need Treatment for Myopia Progression?
June 1, 2020 By Sally M. Dillehay, OD, EdD, FAAO As more information is released into the lay press about myopia1 and...
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4.9KManaging Accommodative Response with Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses and Orthokeratology
May 1, 2020 By Krupa Philip, B. Optom, PhD, and Padmaja Sankaridurg, B.Opt, MIP, PhD Brien Holden Vision Institute Optical strategies such...
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3.4KMy Philosophy on Myopia Management
May 1, 2020 By Jack L. Schaeffer, OD, FAAO In my optometric career, I have always believed in differentiating my practice by...
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5.0KOne Drop into Each Eye at Bedtime: What Could be Simpler?
May 1, 2020 By Laura Kirkeby, CO The use of atropine has been known to slow the progression of myopia for many...
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8.1KNovel DOT Lenses from SightGlass Vision Show Great Promise to Fight Myopia
April 21, 2020 By Joe Rappon, OD, MS, FAAO Jay Neitz, PhD Maureen Neitz, PhD Spectacles have been the mainstay modality for...
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10.8KMeasure Axial Length to Guide Myopia Management
AL measurement has not traditionally been considered part of mainstream optometry.
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6.5KGrappling with Children’s Screen Time During the COVID-19 Outbreak
April 6, 2020 By Joshua Foreman, PhD Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD Thanveer Ali, BSocSci (Hons) The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create...
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1.6KWhat is the Optimal Concentration of Topical Low-dose Atropine?
April 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management Topical low-dose atropine is an...
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4.6KStrategies to Attempt to Delay the Onset of Juvenile Progressive Myopia
April 1, 2020 By Xiangui He, MD, PhD Myopia, characterized by onset and rapid progression in childhood, is already a global health...
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Recommendations for Tapering Long-term Use of Topical Low-dose Atropine
There are two strategies to consider for stopping atropine treatment.
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Cochrane Systematic Review of Myopia Interventions
March 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management To assess the effects of interventions...
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1.7KGetting to Yes Part I: Success Tips in Ortho-K with Steven Turpin, OD, MS
>>Click HERE to explore the Ortho-K Knowledge Bank to learn how to make Ortho-K a success for both your patients and...
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Getting to Yes Part II: Success Tips in Ortho-K with Steven Turpin, OD, MS
>>Click HERE to explore the Ortho-K Knowledge Bank to learn how to make Ortho-K a success for both your patients and...
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9.0KDo Standard Single Vision Soft Contact Lenses and Spectacles Accelerate Refractive Error?
Feb. 4, 2020 By Padmaja Sankaridurg, B.Opt, MIP, PhD Brien Holden Vision Institute The evidence for the rising prevalence of myopia and,...
