September 16, 2024 By Y. Shira Kresch, OD, MS, FAAO We want our patients to be educated about the risks of untreated...
September 16, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE In their article “Can we really distinguish ‘responders’ from ‘non-responders’ to...
September 3, 2024 By Rumeysa Doger, BBioMed, OD Topical atropine is among the myopia treatments with proven efficacy, though treatment effect, side...
August 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE To determine the success of any juvenile-onset myopia intervention, it is...
August 1, 2024 By Catherine Tay, BOptom, GradCertPublicHealth Environmental factors, genetic factors, and patient characteristics are important determinants that may help guide...
July 16, 2024 DEL MAR, Calif. — Sydnexis has officially named a new Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of...
June 17, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE While myopia can be optically corrected, such corrections cannot address the...
June 3, 2024 By Eman Ali Alzghoul, PhD candidate at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales...
May 29, 2024 BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Vyluma announced it has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of its Marketing Authorization...
May 6, 2024 While in Shanghai to attend the “Frontier in Vision Science Summit — Myopia Research,” Review of Myopia Management took...
May 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The management of juvenile-onset myopia is a critical public health issue,...
April 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Topical low-concentration atropine eye drops to help slow the progression of...
April 1, 2024 By Eman Ali Alzghoul, PhD candidate at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales...
February 1, 2024 By Luke Seesink, BApplSci According to this study, there is significant variability in the quality and consistency of compounded...
January 18, 2024 NEW YORK — Eyenovia has regained the rights to MicroPine, an investigational eight microliter ophthalmic spray of atropine delivered by...
January 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE According to the International Myopia Institute (IMI) white paper Defining and...
December 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Clinical trial results of topical atropine eye drops for childhood myopia...
sponsored content November 1, 2023 By Erin S. Tomiyama, OD, PhD, FAAO Most compounding pharmacies are small and do not have the...
August 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Eye care professionals frequently prescribe topical low-dose atropine to slow myopic...
July 5, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Most published myopia clinical trials study a single intervention versus control,...
June 15, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE In a new study recently published in JAMA Ophthalmology, a novel preservative-free...
June 6, 2023 BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Vyluma’s new drug application (NDA) for its...
May 3, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE A gold mine for cutting-edge myopia research, the ARVO Meeting, held...
DUBLIN – The World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus has released its Myopia Consensus Statement 2023. The document details the interventions...
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 Peter (Zhi) Chen, MD, PhD, Fudan University Eye and ENT Hospital, Shanghai, China Low-concentration atropine is needed only...
February 15, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — U.S. pharmaceutical company Harrow has released its compounded, patent-pending formulas of low-dose atropine. Eye care professionals...