January 2, 2025
By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, Dipl AAO, FBCLA, FIACLE
Juvenile-onset myopia has gained the scientific community’s attention, and 2024 was a stellar year for myopia publications. According to PubMed, over 2,500 papers on various aspects of myopia, childhood myopia, myopia management, and myopia control have been published globally in peer-reviewed literature during 2024.
Some of the most notable and clinically relevant peer-reviewed papers published in 2024 include (in no particular order):
- Putting Efficacy into Context: Do Controlled Trials on Efficacy of Myopia Control Translate to a Clinical Population?
- Global Prevalence, Trend and Projection of Myopia in Children and Adolescents from 1990 to 2050: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Influence of Age and Race on Axial Elongation in Myopic Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression
- Myopia Control: Seeing Beyond Efficacy
- Efficacy in Myopia Control — The Impact of Rebound
- Myopia: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of an Increasingly Common Disease
- The Association Between Screen Time Exposure and Myopia in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis
- Can We Really Distinguish ‘Responders’ from ‘Non-Responders’ to Myopia Control Interventions?
- Advances in Myopia Control Strategies for Children
- Red Light Therapy for Myopia: Merits, Risks, and Questions
Regularly reading the peer-reviewed literature is one way to ensure that you are providing the highest level of care and prescribing the most appropriate evidence-based treatments to children at risk of progressive myopia. To assist busy clinicians, Review of Myopia Management will continue to summarize the most clinically relevant peer-reviewed articles in its Research Reviews each month.
We must strive to provide evidence-based treatments to our patients and proactively promote awareness of myopia management. Let’s continue to be proactive in 2025!
Best professional regards,
Dwight H. Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, Dipl AAO
Chief Medical Editor
dwight.akerman@gmail.com
