March 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The prevalence of myopia has increased significantly over the past few...
March 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Myopia is becoming increasingly common among children and adolescents. Many experts...
March 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The prevalence of myopia has been increasing globally, and it is...
February 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The use of low-level red light (LLRL) therapy has gained popularity...
February 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The prevalence of myopia and high myopia is increasing in the...
February 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Myopia is a common condition among children and adolescents that can...
January 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE According to the International Myopia Institute (IMI) white paper Defining and...
January 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The study by Lim et al. (2023) aimed to benchmark the...
January 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Juvenile-onset myopia has gained the scientific community’s attention, and 2023 was...
December 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Clinical trial results of topical atropine eye drops for childhood myopia...
December 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Repeated low-level red-light therapy (RLRL) is a novel and promising intervention...
December 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) uses the scientific method to organize and apply...
November 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE This systematic review and meta-analysis by Sarkar et al. (2023) aimed...
November 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Khan et al. (2023) conducted a retrospective analysis of a large...
November 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE To determine the success of any juvenile-onset myopia intervention, it is...
October 16, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Logan and Bullimore, in their article “Optical Interventions for Myopia Control,”...
October 2, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Myopia development and progression are multifactorial, with a complex interaction between...
October 2, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA A recently published review article by Bullimore and Brennan (2023) provides a...
September 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Red light, a short wavelength visible light of 600-700 nm, has...
September 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE One of the most uncomfortable conversations for optometrists is discussing myopia...
September 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Axial myopia has the highest population burden among children and adolescents...
August 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Artificial intelligence-based chatbot functions are increasingly used for customer service and...
August 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Because most parents of myopic children have never heard of myopia...
August 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Eye care professionals frequently prescribe topical low-dose atropine to slow myopic...
July 17, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE This study aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of...
July 5, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE According to the International Myopia Institute Prevention of Myopia and Its...
July 5, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Most published myopia clinical trials study a single intervention versus control,...