February 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, and open-angle...
February 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Compliance with medical recommendations has been recognized to represent a complex...
January 17, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The aim of this clinical trial conducted in Hong Kong on...
January 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE This investigation aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of repeated...
January 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE When should myopia management be implemented, and on which children? Progression...
December 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Researchers from Spain conducted a retrospective study to determine the long-term...
December 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The prevalence of myopia and high myopia is increasing in the...
December 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA This review aims to address how various myopia management treatments affect the...
November 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA The risk of ocular pathology and visual impairment is high with increasing...
November 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA There is substantial evidence indicating that environmental factors, including time outdoors and...
November 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Parents often ask myopia management clinicians, “How long will my child require...
October 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA A major international study published in one of the world’s leading medical...
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October 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA There are several long-term eye health benefits of lowering a child’s ultimate...
October 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Many studies have reported rates of myopia progression, which are most frequently...
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September 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA In prospective studies of low to moderate myopes, orthokeratology (OrthoK) lenses have...
September 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Smartphone use is a relatively new behavior among youth. It became increasingly...
September 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Eye care practitioners often look to professional organizations to provide leadership. Depending...
April 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, FAAO, FBCLA The LAMP study (low-concentration atropine for myopia progression) from Hong Kong addressed safety...
August 16, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Researchers from Finland investigated the correlations of near work, outdoor time, and...
April 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Topical low-dose atropine is an emerging therapy for myopia management, but its...
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Several products and interventions — which have been proposed for reducing the...
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Although genetic factors play a role in the development of myopia, they...
July 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Myopia is attributed to a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors....
July 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA When I speak with colleagues about myopia care for children, it becomes...
July 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA During orthokeratology treatment, the degree of myopia is reduced by flattening the...