Key Issues
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3.3KPracticing at the Highest Level
June 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA When I speak with eye care professionals about childhood myopia, it is...
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5.6KWhat Does Science Say About Screen Time and Childhood Myopia?
May 17, 2021 By Joshua Foreman, PhD; Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng; Dilara Koca, MPH; and Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD In the context of...
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Improving Knowledge and Patient Outcomes
May 3, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO The much-anticipated 2021 edition of the International Myopia Institute (IMI) white papers and yearly...
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Not So Fast
April 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO When do you recommend initiating treatment for a myopic child? During the fourth...
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Renewing Our Leadership Commitment
March 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Myopia is the primary eye health threat of the 21st century. The...
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1.9KMarie Blanchard Joins CooperVision Specialty EyeCare as Global Lead
February 2021 SAN RAMON, Calif. – Marie Blanchard is joining the CooperVision Specialty EyeCare team as the Global Lead in the Irregular...
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Let’s Get Proactive in 2021!
February 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA During the fourth quarter of 2020, Jobson Optical Research polled nearly 300...
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Looking Backward, Looking Forward
January 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA The year 2020 was like no other. While many aspects of myopia,...
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3.2KA Not-So-Distant Mirror: Myopia in China
sponsored content December 15, 2020 By Maria Liu, OD, PhD, FAAO, Associate Professor of Clinical Optometry UC Berkeley, School of Optometry With...
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3.4KA ‘Prevention and Control’ Implementation Plan for Myopia Management in China
Due to the drastic increase in both the prevalence and severity of myopia in China, on August 30, 2018, eight national departments...
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4.0KThe Great Outdoors
December 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA The prevalence of myopia and high myopia is increasing in the U.S....
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3.8KPALliative?
November 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Eye care professionals often prescribe interventions to slow childhood myopia progression that...
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4.6KCOVIDOPIA or COVIDNOPIA: Myopia Progression During COVID-19
October 15, 2020 By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA Collaborator, BHVI This was supposed to be the year of vision or optometry’s year,...
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9.0KThe 20-20-2 Rule
October 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Lifestyle counseling should be provided to all children, especially those at risk...
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11.0KIs Myopia a Disease?
September 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Is myopia a simple refractive error or a disease? This is an...
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5.4KWhy Do So Few People Know about the Potential Pathology Related to Myopia?
Sponsored Content August 17, 2020 By Daniel Press, OD, FCOVD As eye care professionals, when you see one patient with complications that...
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7.0KWhat is the Standard of Care for Myopic Children?
August 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management The concept of the standard...
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5.0KDoes One Size Fit All?
July 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management Eye care professionals are often...
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4.1KClinical Practice vs. Clinical Trials
June 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management When I speak with colleagues around...
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4.5KFacts About Prescribing Off-Label
May 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management Many eye care professionals are hesitant...
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11.6KSafely Seeing Patients in the Face of COVID-19
April 20, 2020 By Robert Burke When COVID-19 forced the closing in March of the Pennsylvania practice where he works, James Deom,...
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2.0KBattling Myopia at the Forefront
April 1, 2020 By Pamela Joyce Miller, OD, FAAO, JD, FNAP If you are like most of us during these challenging times...
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Is Myopia a Pandemic?
April 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management Many experts have written that the...
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6.5KWhat is Myopia Management?
Myopia control is not my preferred terminology because it is not a comprehensive term.
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6.1KA Wake-up Call to the Long-term Threat of Myopia
Myopia progression is irreversible, so when this treatment window closes, the higher risk of vision loss remains for life.
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5.0KThe Knowledge to Slow Myopia Progression is Available Now
Feb. 20, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management While it is the professional responsibility...
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6.3KOvercome Your Reptilian Brain
It is your Reptilian Brain that holds you back.