The OrthoK Knowledge Bank, is the complete source eye care professionals need to manage patients’ myopia using orthokeratology. The OrthoK Knowledge Bank includes information about everything ECPs require to successfully treat patients using corneal reshaping orthokeratology. Brought to you by...
Review of Myopia Management has released OrthoK 22: The Orthokeratology Education Initiative, OrthoK: The Complete Guide to Orthokeratology Success in Myopia Control covers everything from the history of OrthoK through the materials to successful fitting and patient management. In it,...
There is a strong correlation between the amount of myopia and the length of the eye in all individuals.
July 2, 2019 Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Professor Ian Flitcroft wrote, “… there is no evidence of a safe threshold...
July 2, 2019 By Karen Lahav-Yacouel PhD Student – Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia is on the rise globally. Research on ways...
July 2, 2019 By Cathleen Fedtke, Dipl. Ing. (FH), PhD, FAAO Senior Research Fellow, Project Manager – Brien Holden Vision Institute The...
July 2, 2019 By Jennie Diec, BOptom (Hons) Senior Research Optometrist – Brien Holden Vision Institute Previous publications on bifocal and progressive...
July 2, 2019 By Andrew D. Pucker, OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS Assistant Professor The University of Alabama at Birmingham Are you prescribing...
June 6, 2019 Thanh Pham, MD Ophthalmologist, Hai Yen Eye Care Research Intern, Brien Holden Vision Institute Presently a number of optical,...
The effect of overnight orthokeratology
Implicit in deciding when to initiate myopia management is monitoring pre-myopic patients who are at risk of developing myopia.
One of the key gaps in putting myopia management into practice is how to gauge success in your strategy.
A study investigating the relationship between contact lens-induced dry eye symptoms and BV disorders found a significant correlation between severity of symptoms...
Although the evidence is clear on the effectiveness of contact lenses in slowing myopia, issues around the safety of contact lens wear...
Over 30 percent of the world is currently myopic, and by 2050, almost 50 percent will be myopic… a staggering 5 billion...
Pediatric patients don’t always wear the glasses the doctor prescribes, and it’s not just because they are children. Reasons for noncompliance can...
According to current estimates, there are 1950 million myopes and 277 million high myopes globally. Both genetics and environmental factors are the...
Myopia is becoming a worldwide epidemic and imposes a tremendous public health burden.1-4 On top of the drastic increase in the overall...
Today’s optometrist can finally offer our young myopes an alternative to traditional refractive error correction that can improve their quality of life...
Effective management in children and young adults may require different interventions. Learn which works best for your case.
Myopia may be pervasive, but so are efforts to spread awareness and inform ways to reduce progression. Resources abound.
Many people, especially parents, believe that myopia is an inconvenience that merely requires refractive correction with spectacles, contact lenses, or surgery. Unfortunately,...
It is the responsibility of every optometrist to educate parents, children and adult patients about the health risks associated with myopia and...