May 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE In recent years, repeated low-level red light (RLRL) therapy has emerged...
May 1, 2023 By Luke Seesink, B. Applied Science, BHVI This study aimed to assess the impact of increased time spent outdoors...
May 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Many therapies for myopia management have been studied and are currently...
April 17, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Soft contact lenses may help slow myopia progression in children, but...
April 3, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Eye care practitioners can prescribe several therapies for slowing progression in...
April 3, 2023 By Ornella Koumbo, PhD, Brien Holden Vision Institute Anisometropia, an inconsistency in the refractive status between the two eyes...
March 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Researchers from Taiwan analyzed the changes in visual function when progressive...
March 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Low concentration (0.01% to 0.05%) atropine effectively slows myopia progression in...
March 1, 2023 By Ornella Koumbo, PhD, Brien Holden Vision Institute Optical interventions that introduce myopic defocus at the peripheral retina have...
February 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE In this editorial, Bullimore and Brennan explore a vexing research question:...
February 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Among the interventions currently available to manage childhood myopia, low-concentration atropine,...
February 1, 2023 By Durgasri Jaisankar, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher at Brien Holden Vision Institute Recently, more studies have investigated the association between...
January 16, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Less time spent outdoors is a primary risk factor for myopia...
January 3, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE There is an abundance of evidence-based knowledge on myopia, including its...
January 3, 2023 By Geetha Sravani, PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Due to the rise in the global prevalence of myopia...
December 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Several clinical trials (Kinoshita et al., Kinoshita et al., Tan et...
December 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global COVID-19 pandemic in...
December 1, 2022 By Nicole Liu, MOptom, PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Seasonal variations in myopia progression have been frequently reported...
November 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Optical interventions that introduce myopic defocus in the visual field have...
November 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Juvenile-onset myopia is increasingly common. With increasing prevalence, more and more...
November 1, 2022 By Zeeshan Akhtar, BOptom, MPhil, PhD Candidate at Brien Holden Vision Institute Recent work and consensus statements regarding emmetropization,...
October 17, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FBCLA Topical low-concentration atropine is widely prescribed for myopia progression control in...
October 3, 2022 By Hashim Ali Khan, OD, FAAO, PhD candidate at Brien Holden Vision Institute Cycloplegic refraction is the gold standard...
October 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Many eye care professionals have expressed concern about rebound after children...
September 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Although orthokeratology is widely prescribed for myopia control, some children discontinue...
September 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The aim of the atropine combined with orthokeratology (AOK) study was...
September 1, 2022 By Geetha Sravani, PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness...