Key Issues
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13Parental Myopia as a Non-Modifiable Risk Factor: How Important Is It?
October 1, 2024 By Liesl Forward, BOptom Parental myopia is a well-established risk factor for the development of myopia in children. It...
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38Are You Practicing the Standard of Care?
October 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Standard of care refers to the level of care, skill, and...
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Evidence-Based Myopia Care
September 3, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Evidence-based eye care is a crucial approach in providing the best...
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1.4KCase Study: Diagnosing Pseudomyopia
August 15, 2024 By Dr. Maryam Jabbar, Lecturer, Optometry Department, The University of Faisalabad Subjective A 21-year-old South Asian female reports that...
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Combination Therapy in Myopia Management
August 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE To determine the success of any juvenile-onset myopia intervention, it is...
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1.4KThe Role of Digital Devices and Myopia
sponsored content August 1, 2024 By Monica Jong, PhD As we navigate the digital landscape, understanding the nuanced relationship between digital devices...
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171HOYA Vision Care’s CEO Encourages Making Myopia a Public Health Care Priority
July 15, 2024 At the 2024 Global Health Summit held in Geneva, May 31, 2024, HOYA Vision Care’s CEO Alexandre Montague pushed...
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How Will A.I. Impact the Future of Myopia Management?
July 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The media frenzy over artificial intelligence (A.I.) reminds me of the...
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Overcoming Perceived Barriers to Myopia Management
June 3, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Once considered a benign refractive condition easily corrected with single-vision spectacles...
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637Shanghai Hospital is All About Protecting Children’s Eyes from Myopia
May 28, 2024 By John Sailer, Editor-in-Chief, Review of Myopia Management As seen through the eyes of the children treated at the Shanghai...
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979What Does Science Say About Screen Time and Juvenile-Onset Myopia?
May 1, 2024 By Samrat Sarkar, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales Myopia is a rapidly progressive ocular condition,...
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Don’t Stop Now
May 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE It is often said that juvenile-onset myopia generally stops progressing by...
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1.6KWhy Different FDA Indications Matter
April 15, 2024 Andrew Neukirch, OD The relationships my team and I cultivate with parents is built on trust. It’s my responsibility...
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Ask Yourself Why
April 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Simon Sinek’s book Start with Why aims to help individuals and...
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Focus on Parents
March 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Myopia is becoming increasingly common among children and adolescents. Many experts...
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The Current State of U.S. Myopia Management: Encouraging but Challenging
February 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The prevalence of myopia and high myopia is increasing in the...
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2.9KEffectiveness and Safety of Red and Violet Light Therapy for Myopia Management
February 1, 2024 By Michael Morton, BOptom Repeated low-level red-light treatment may reduce myopia progression in refraction and axial length without significant...
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2023: An Extraordinary Year for Myopia Management
January 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Juvenile-onset myopia has gained the scientific community’s attention, and 2023 was...
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1.5KFrom Pre-Myopia to Myopia: The Patient Journey
December 1, 2023 By Dr. Melinda Toomey, BAppSc (Optom), MOptom, GradCertOcTher, MBA, PhD Managing myopia is a multifaceted process that requires a...
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Assessing Research Evidence
December 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) uses the scientific method to organize and apply...
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Evaluating Treatment Success
November 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE To determine the success of any juvenile-onset myopia intervention, it is...
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Recommendations That Impact All Pre-Myopic and Myopic Children
October 2, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Myopia development and progression are multifactorial, with a complex interaction between...
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1.8KSuccessfully Presenting Myopia Management Fees to Parents
September 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE One of the most uncomfortable conversations for optometrists is discussing myopia...
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1.6KIs Axial Length Growth Significantly Different in Children Based on Ethnicity?
September 1, 2023 By Thomas Naduvilath, Msc Biostatistics, PhD, Head of Biostatistics at BHVI Cultural and environmental differences between ethnicities, which can...
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3.0KWhy Axial Length Matters
sponsored content September 1, 2023 By Debbie Jones, FCOptom, FAAO, FCBLA Axial length measurement should be considered an essential part of the...
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557Tailoring the Myopia Management Conversation
August 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Because most parents of myopic children have never heard of myopia...
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870The Importance of Early Myopia Intervention
August 1, 2023 By Craig Woods, BSc (Hons), PhD, MCOptom, Clinical Consultant, BHVI Can we start the conversation with our patients/parents about...