Many do not understand the significance of myopia to potential ocular health issues.
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Research has uncovered some characteristics of people at greater risk.
April 12, 2019 By Richard Edlow, OD Review of Optometric Business, December 2018 There is mounting evidence that the prevalence of myopia,...
The prevalence of handheld electronic devices that children and teenagers use has grown exponentially.
Moving forward, ECPs must better understand the risk factors associated with myopia onset and progression.
The answer comes from articles written by leaders in myopia care.
Uncorrected myopia as well as high myopia resulting in complications such as myopic macular degeneration (MMD) can potentially result in lost productivity....
If the trends continue, myopia could become the leading cause of blindness worldwide by 2050.
There is an urgent and massive need to improve access to refractive care, particularly in low resource communities.
In just over a couple of decades, the need to address this epidemic has taken on an urgency.