June 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE A common question from myopia management clinicians is: Does topical low-dose...
June 1, 2022 By Luke Seesink, B.Applied Science, Senior Clinical Research Manager, Brien Holden Vision Institute Defocus incorporated multiple segments (DIMS) spectacle...
June 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The International Myopia Institute’s white paper on Defining and Classifying Myopia...
May 16, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The aim of this clinical study was to investigate which baseline...
May 2, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Traditionally, eye care professionals have been reluctant to fit children younger...
May 2, 2022 By Zeeshan Akhtar, PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia is characterized by excessive elongation of axial length (AL)....
April 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE This randomized clinical trial aimed to evaluate whether Essilor Stellest spectacle...
April 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Traditional myopia management (TMM) provides single-vision optical correction of a person’s...
April 1, 2022 By Geetha Sravani, PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia prevalence is high in many Asian countries. To delay...
March 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Combining topical low-dose atropine with orthokeratology for controlling axial elongation in...
March 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Determining the refractive status of children without cycloplegia is notoriously inaccurate...
March 1, 2022 By Linh Hoang, MD, MSc, and Huy Tran, MD, PhD Atropine and orthokeratology are effective in slowing myopia. Despite...
February 15, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Environmental factors influencing myopia onset include, but are not limited to,...
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February 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, and open-angle...
February 1, 2022 By Divya Jagadeesh, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brien Holden Vision Institute Retinal defocus is considered a causative...
January 17, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The aim of this clinical trial conducted in Hong Kong on...
January 3, 2022 By Trang Truong, BOptom, and Yen Tran, MD, PhD Meibum from the meibomian glands is essential to tear film...
January 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE This investigation aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of repeated...
December 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Researchers from Spain conducted a retrospective study to determine the long-term...
December 1, 2021 By Geetha Sravani, PhD Candidate at the Brien Holden Vision Institute Peripheral retinal defocus plays an important role in...
December 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA This review aims to address how various myopia management treatments affect the...
November 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA The risk of ocular pathology and visual impairment is high with increasing...
November 1, 2021 By Dean Psarakis, B.Optom, Senior Research Optometrist, Brien Holden Vision Institute With increasing rates of myopia worldwide, particularly within...
November 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA There is substantial evidence indicating that environmental factors, including time outdoors and...
October 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA A major international study published in one of the world’s leading medical...
October 1, 2021 By Divya Jagadeesh, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brien Holden Vision Institute This U.S.-based multiethnic study measured the...