November 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Juvenile-onset myopia is increasingly common. With increasing prevalence, more and more...
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October 17, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FBCLA Topical low-concentration atropine is widely prescribed for myopia progression control in...
October 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Many eye care professionals have expressed concern about rebound after children...
October 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Combination therapy is widely prescribed in medicine. The simultaneous use of...
September 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Although orthokeratology is widely prescribed for myopia control, some children discontinue...
September 1, 2022 Is percentage treatment effect the most accurate way to express myopia control efficacy? Treatment effect has been expressed in...
September 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The aim of the atropine combined with orthokeratology (AOK) study was...
August 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Managing Myopia One Child At A Time by Langis Michaud, OD,...
August 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Children with myopia experience significantly higher levels of depression and anxiety...
August 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Progressive myopia is increasingly common in children. With increasing prevalence, more...
July 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Eye care professionals should strive to deploy a comprehensive myopia management...
July 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Orthokeratology (OrthoK) represents a small but growing segment of the U.S....
July 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Myopia is a leading cause of visual impairment and has raised...
June 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE A common question from myopia management clinicians is: Does topical low-dose...
June 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE There is good reason to slow the progression of juvenile-onset myopia....
June 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The International Myopia Institute’s white paper on Defining and Classifying Myopia...
May 16, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The aim of this clinical study was to investigate which baseline...
May 2, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Traditionally, eye care professionals have been reluctant to fit children younger...
May 2, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE It is abundantly clear that many myopes continue progressing into adulthood...
April 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE This randomized clinical trial aimed to evaluate whether Essilor Stellest spectacle...
April 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Traditional myopia management (TMM) provides single-vision optical correction of a person’s...
April 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Often, I ask optometrists if they offer myopia care services and...
March 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Combining topical low-dose atropine with orthokeratology for controlling axial elongation in...
March 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Determining the refractive status of children without cycloplegia is notoriously inaccurate...
March 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE What are leading ophthalmic companies and eye health associations doing to...
February 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Environmental factors influencing myopia onset include, but are not limited to,...