Environment & Lifestyle
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14From 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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973Is 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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580Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Myopia Risk Factors
July 5, 2023 By Hashim A. Khan, OD, FAAO, PhD Candidate at Brien Holden Vision Institute The two strongest factors influencing the...
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1.2KEnvironmental Influences on Myopia Development
June 1, 2023 By Zeeshan Akhtar, BOptom, MPhil, PhD Candidate at Brien Holden Vision Institute There is a growing body of research...
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1.2KThe Role of Nutrition in Myopia Development and Management
May 15, 2023 By Jeff Anshel, OD, FAAO High glycemic load carbohydrate diets may alter the genetic influence of the growth of...
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2.0KTime Outdoors in Reducing Myopia
May 1, 2023 By Luke Seesink, B. Applied Science, BHVI This study aimed to assess the impact of increased time spent outdoors...
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1.9KThe Role of Sleep in Childhood Myopia
February 1, 2023 By Xiao (Nicole) Liu, PhD candidate at UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science and BHVI Studies have associated...
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1.9KRole of Light Exposure in Myopia Management
January 3, 2023 By Dr. Pavan K. Verkicharla and Mr. Swapnil Thakur With the recent development in digital technologies and the younger...
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1.6KMyopia Prevention Strategies Benefit Young Eyes
SPONSORED BY ALCON October 17, 2022 By Alan Landers, OD, MS, and Carla Mack, OD, MBA ECPs have a professional responsibility to...
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1.4KWhat Do Parents in the Myopia Capital of the World Know About Myopia?
July 15, 2022 By Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng and Associate Professor Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD For parents to be able to...
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1.9KHow Much Outdoor Time Do Children Require?
July 1, 2022 By Angelica Ly, BOptom (Hons), GradCertOcTher, PhD, FAAO, Principal Research Optometrist at the Brien Holden Vision Institute Importantly, increased...
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1.8KOptometry Council of India Spreads Awareness about Myopia Management
March 15, 2022 By Lakshmi Shinde, MSc Optom, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE, CEO, Optometry Council of India As the OCI continues to educate...
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1.7KMyopia Management Begins with Lifestyle and Visual Hygiene Guidance
January 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE When should myopia management be implemented, and on which children? Progression...
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3.3KEnvironmental Influences on Myopia Development
sponsored content December 15, 2021 By Noel A. Brennan, MScOptom, PhD, and Mark A. Bullimore, MCOptom, PhD Outdoors, sunlight, near work, education,...
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4.0KEmbracing 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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2.1KIs Myopia Prevalence Related to Outdoor Green Space?
November 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA There is substantial evidence indicating that environmental factors, including time outdoors and...
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2.9KWhich 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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2.6KGlobal 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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4.2KHow 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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3.0KMyopia 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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3.8KAccommodative 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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2.9KPromoting 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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2.2KInfluences 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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2.0KThe 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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4.5KNo 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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4.4KPutting 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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Case in Point
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Several products and interventions — which have been proposed for reducing the...