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...
October 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Many studies have reported rates of myopia progression, which are most frequently...
September 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA In prospective studies of low to moderate myopes, orthokeratology (OrthoK) lenses have...
September 1, 2021 By Erin Lam, B. Vis Sci/M. Optom, Research Optometrist, Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia development occurs when axial length...
September 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Smartphone use is a relatively new behavior among youth. It became increasingly...
April 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, FAAO, FBCLA The LAMP study (low-concentration atropine for myopia progression) from Hong Kong addressed safety...
August 16, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Researchers from Finland investigated the correlations of near work, outdoor time, and...
A summary of the LAMP Study results
April 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Topical low-dose atropine is an emerging therapy for myopia management, but its...
August 2, 2021 By Nina Tahhan, PhD, MPH, BOptom, Senior Research Scientist at BHVI Orthokeratology (OK) is the practice of reshaping the...
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Although genetic factors play a role in the development of myopia, they...
July 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Myopia is attributed to a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors....
July 1, 2021 By Erin Lam, BVisSci, MOptom, Research Optometrist, Brien Holden Vision Institute The rising prevalence of myopia and high myopia...
July 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA During orthokeratology treatment, the degree of myopia is reduced by flattening the...
June 1, 2021 By Senuri Karunaratne BSc, OD, Mel.; Research Optometrist, Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia is thought to result from a...
June 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA There is compelling evidence that the prevalence of myopia is increasing around...