Patient Safety
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801Case Report: Pediatric Unilateral Pathologic Myopia
April 17, 2023 By Ashley Wallace-Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS Subjective: A 12-year-old African American male presented to our clinic for his first...
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3.6KListening to Patients’ Needs Led Me to Myopia Management
April 15, 2022 By David Anderson, OD If I could say anything to a doctor who might ask me what to do...
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2.6KBreak Barriers, Elevate Moms’ Trust in Myopia Control
sponsored content April 15, 2022 By Justin Kwan, OD, FAAO To ease potential worries, emphasize the value of investing in their child’s...
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1.0KInteractions Between Allergies and Myopia Control – Nothing to Sneeze At
April 1, 2022 By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA, Collaborator, Brien Holden Vision Institute If your daily disposable wearers are suffering from allergies...
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4.8KMyopia Onset and Progression in Young Adults: ‘It Happens’
sponsored content January 17, 2022 By Mark Bullimore, MCOptom, PhD, FAAO We know a lot about parental history and myopia, but what...
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780The 2021 Year in Review for Myopia Management
sponsored content January 3, 2022 By Neal Wolff, Vice President and Head of Marketing, Vylmua This year, awareness and understanding of myopia...
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1.2KTreating Both Pediatric Dry Eye and Progressive Myopia
January 3, 2022 By Judith Flanagan, PhD, Brien Holden Vision Institute Reduced prevalence of dry eye in children, fewer subjective symptoms, and...
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1.4KPrescribing Orthokeratology for Adult Patients
sponsored content December 15, 2021 By Andrew D. Pucker, OD, PhD, FAAO Attracting adult orthokeratology patients simply starts by making them aware...
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2.1KCommitment to Myopia Management Creates Lasting Changes in Your Practice
December 15, 2021 By Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, ABO Diplomate I always say that I am prescribing myopia management and not...
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3.6KEmbracing the Latest Technology Can Build A Stronger Myopia Management Practice
November 15, 2021 By Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, FIAOMC More recently, we’ve shifted our attention to TikTok. It is the only...
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2.4KDangers of High Myopia
sponsored content November 15, 2021 By Craig Brawley, OD, FAAO; Kevin Chan, OD, MS, FAAO; Millicent Knight, OD, FAAO, FAARM, FNAP; Pamela...
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1.9KMyopia Management in the Philippines: An International Perspective
November 1, 2021 By Carmen Abesamis-Dichoso, OD, MAT, FIACLE, FPCO, FAAO As it was then a novel idea, eye care practitioners and...
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2.5KWhich Environmental Factors Potentially Reduce the Progression of Childhood Myopia?
November 1, 2021 By Divya Jagadeesh, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brien Holden Vision Institute Increasing time outdoors at least one...
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2.1KMyopia Management Practice Protocols for OrthoK
sponsored content November 1, 2021 By Azinda Morrow, OD, FAAO Although OrthoK fitting can appear complex, breaking down the practice protocol into...
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3.9KMy U.K. Experience with Myopia Management
November 1, 2021 By Nick Dash, BScHons (Bio), BScHons (Optom), MCOptom, Dip. SVA Myopia is more than diopters. It is more than...
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4.3KThe OCULUS Myopia Master Simplifies and Improves Myopia Management
sponsored content October 15, 2021 By Stephanie Ramdass, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, FSLS; eyecademy.ca, Ontario, Canada Whether you are new to treating...
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3.7KHow Has COVID-19 Changed the Epidemiology of Myopia?
October 15, 2021 By Joshua Foreman, PhD; Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD; and Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng Almost two years since the pandemic...
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2.8KMyopia Management in the Trenches
October 15, 2021 By Vittorio Mena, OD, MS As health care practitioners, we need to be on the frontlines for children’s eye...
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2.4KAdvancing Myopia Therapy with IVMED-85
October 15, 2021 By Bala Ambati, MD, PhD, President and Founder, iVeena & Sarah Molokhia, RPh, PhD, VP for Research & Development,...
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3.8KSimplicity is Key When Talking to Parents About Myopia Management
sponsored content October 1, 2021 By Brett O’Connor, OD, FAAO There’s no one right way to have these discussions with patients. However,...
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2.8KGraduating Patients from Myopia Management
October 1, 2021 By Erin S. Tomiyama, OD, MS, and Kathryn Richdale, OD, PhD The ultimate choice of when to stop must...
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2.1KInnovation and Creativity Can Help Grow Myopia Management Practices
September 15, 2021 By Michael Dittman, OD; Dittman Eyecare, Butler, PA My associate doctors and I do our best to educate parents...
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1.8KThe Myopia App Study
September 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Smartphone use is a relatively new behavior among youth. It became increasingly...
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2.0KMeasuring Visual Quality When Prescribing Myopia Management Devices
September 1, 2021 By Dean Psarakis, B.Optom., Senior Research Optometrist, Brien Holden Vision Institute Understanding what is to be expected in terms...
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4.1KNo Child Left Behind
sponsored content August 16, 2021 By Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA Our obligation as health care providers is to prescribe myopia...
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4.0KPutting in the Work for Myopia Management Benefits Young Patients
August 16, 2021 By Katherine Schuetz, OD; RevolutionEYES and Little Eyes Pediatric Eye Care, Carmel, IN As our profession learns to embrace...
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3.0KWhy Am I Not Seeing More Myopia-Related Pathology in My Practice?
sponsored content August 16, 2021 By Noel A. Brennan, MScOptom, PhD, FAAO Why haven’t we seen an increase in myopia-related pathology in...