July 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management Children and teenagers spend more...
June 1, 2020 Trang Truong, BOptom, and Thao Ha, MD Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopic maculopathy is the most frequent complication that...
June 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Many studies have reported the possible environmental, behavioral, and genetic risk factors for...
June 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Myopia is characterized by excessive axial elongation because of an increase in the...
December 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA In this randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked study, researchers tested the safety and effectiveness...
May 12, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor Review of Myopia Management The prevalence of myopia and high...
May 1, 2020 By Praveen K Bandela, BSopt, BSc Brien Holden Vision Institute The prevalence of myopia is alarmingly rising, and estimates...
May 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor Review of Myopia Management The prevalence of pediatric myopia has...
April 6, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor Review of Myopia Management Preliminary data published in JAMA Ophthalmology...
April 1, 2020 Senuri Karunaratne, BSc, OD Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia has become a critical public health issue, particularly in Asian...
April 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management While researchers are certain that coronavirus...
March 1, 2020 By Brittney Ismail, BVisSc, MOptom Brien Holden Vision Institute It is known that axial length (AL) increases through childhood...
March 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management To assess the effects of interventions...
Feb. 4, 2020 By Nicole Xiao Liu, MOptm PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Conventionally, myopia studies use spherical equivalent and axial...
Few studies have analyzed the effectiveness of outdoor light exposure intervention programs in slowing myopia progression.
A generally accepted definition of high myopia is needed.
Jan. 2, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management A global survey in 2015 identified...
Dec. 3, 2019 Krupa Philip, BOptom, PhD Research Scientist, Brien Holden Vision Institute With myopia and high myopia leading to sight-threatening complications,...
Dec. 3, 2019 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management Much of our knowledge about myopia...
Results of a single masked, randomized two-year controlled clinical trial
The real value of this study, however, lies in the follow-up findings after cessation of the outdoor intervention.
Presently, only atropine, pirenzepine, and 7-methylxanthine are shown to reduce myopia progression in human trials.
The researchers concluded that topical low-dose atropine appears to be safe and effective in a cohort of European schoolchildren.
The authors suggest the need for more rigorous clinical trials.
Combined interventions for myopia will potentially influence the standard of care.
Existing evidence has failed to convince doctors to uniformly embrace treatments for myopic progression control.
Does planning extra time outdoors during the school day help?