Key Issues
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31Global Evidence Links Digital Device Screen Time with Myopia
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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90The 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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141How 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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202Myopia 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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147Benefits Beyond Patient Outcomes
October 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA There are several long-term eye health benefits of lowering a child’s ultimate...
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1.7KAccommodative Lag and Juvenile-Onset Myopia Progression in Children Wearing Refractive Correction
October 1, 2021 By Divya Jagadeesh, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brien Holden Vision Institute This U.S.-based multiethnic study measured the...
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957Promoting Better Sleep Hygiene in Children for Myopia Control
October 1, 2021 By Xiao Nicole Liu, MOptom, PhD Candidate at the Brien Holden Vision Institute Recognition of sleep as a component...
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935Influences on Myopia Progression
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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902Innovation 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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690The 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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1.1KMeasuring 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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Professional Leadership
September 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Eye care practitioners often look to professional organizations to provide leadership. Depending...
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2.7KNo 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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1.9KPutting 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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1.7KWhy 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...
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1.9KEverything ECPs Need to Know About Myopia Management and Where to Get It
sponsored content August 16, 2021 By Carla Mack, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA; Kelly Vaupel, MS; R. Alan Landers, OD, MS, FAAO The...
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Case in Point
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Several products and interventions — which have been proposed for reducing the...
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2.1KNutritional Factors and Myopia
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Although genetic factors play a role in the development of myopia, they...
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2.1KWhen Should You Start Myopia Treatment?
August 2, 2021 By Sally Dillehay, OD, EdD, FAAO, Expert Content Contributor for the Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Myopia Center Deciding...
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3.7KSpectacle Lenses for Myopia Management Changed Our Practice
August 2, 2021 By Vishakha Thakrar, OD; Vaughan Family Vision Care, Ontario, Canada Since we started utilizing novel spectacle lenses, we have...
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4.7KGetting Paid for Myopia Management
August 2, 2021 By Clarke D. Newman, OD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS, FNAP If the parents do not have clear in their minds...
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2.7KSleep and Childhood Myopia
July 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Myopia is attributed to a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors....
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1.6KEyes On Eyecare Navigates the Job Market for ECPs
sponsored content July 15, 2021 By Kristen Dalli For employers looking to fill positions, sometimes the candidate that would be a good...
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1.4KWhat a Parental Control App is Teaching Us About Eye Health Care Service Utilization
July 15, 2021 By Joshua Foreman, PhD; Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng; Dilara Koca, MPH; and Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD The planoApp...
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2.0KStarting Myopia Management Early Yields Greatest Outcomes
July 15, 2021 By Melanie Frogozo, OD, FAAO, Alamo Eye Care , San Antonio, Texas To give children the greatest chance of...
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What is Myopia Management?
July 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA When I speak with colleagues about myopia care for children, it becomes...
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2.4KAxial Length Growth and the Risk of Developing Myopia in European Children
July 1, 2021 By Erin Lam, BVisSci, MOptom, Research Optometrist, Brien Holden Vision Institute The rising prevalence of myopia and high myopia...
