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Retinal Neurotransmitter Systems in Myopia: Understanding the Role of Dopamine and Related Pathways

January 2, 2025 By Nicole Xiao Liu, MOptom, PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Dopamine, a crucial neurotransmitter in the central nervous...

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Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses for the Treatment of Myopia Progression in Children

January 2, 2025 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, Dipl AAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The American Academy of Ophthalmology prepares Ophthalmic Technology Assessments...

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VTI Shares New Findings from its PROTECT Study of the NaturalVue Multifocal Contact Lens

sponsored content December 16, 2024 Recently discovered findings continue emerging from the PROTECT RCT (PROgressive Myopia Treatment Evaluation for NaturalVue Multifocal Contact Lens Trial) being conducted by Visioneering...

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Review of Myopia Management Hosts THE Myopia Meeting in Markham/Greater Toronto Area

December 9, 2024 MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada – On Sunday, December 8, leaders in the eye care field gathered here for THE Myopia...

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First-time Myopia Correction with Spectacle Lenses with Highly Aspherical Lenslets

sponsored content October 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE This study aimed to investigate the impact of first-time...

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Influence of Age and Race on Axial Elongation in Myopic Children

October 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The study “Influence of age and race on axial elongation in...

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Noteworthy Research From the 19th International Myopia Conference

October 10, 2024 Researchers in the field of myopia management from across the globe gathered in Hainan Island, China, for the International...

Add-On Effect of Using 0.05% Atropine in Fast OrthoK Progressors

October 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The retrospective study conducted by Wen et al. (2024) aimed to...

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Myopia Control Efficacy of Orthokeratology

September 16, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The paper “A New Look at the Myopia Control Efficacy of...

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Can We Differentiate Between ‘Responders’ and ‘Non-Responders’ to Myopia Control Interventions?

September 16, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE In their article “Can we really distinguish ‘responders’ from ‘non-responders’ to...

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Combination Therapy in Myopia Management

August 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE To determine the success of any juvenile-onset myopia intervention, it is...

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Variation of Orthokeratology Lens Treatment Zone (VOLTZ) Study

August 1, 2024 By Erin Lam, BOptom Orthokeratology corrects myopia by flattening the central cornea curvature while steepening the paracentral cornea, with...

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How Will A.I. Impact the Future of Myopia Management?

July 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The media frenzy over artificial intelligence (A.I.) reminds me of the...

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Turbocharge Myopia Management with Axial Length Measurement

July 1, 2024 By Arne Ohlendorf, PhD, and Prof. Padmaja Sankaridurg, PhD, MIP Measurements of axial length are increasingly used to evaluate...

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3 Reasons to Screen Your Orthokeratology Patients for Keratoconus

June 17, 2024 By Calista Ming, OD, FAAO, FSLS Since myopia has increasingly been recognized as a global public health issue, more...

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Don’t Stop Now

May 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE It is often said that juvenile-onset myopia generally stops progressing by...

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Low-dose Atropine and OrthoK: What Does the Evidence Say?

April 1, 2024 By Eman Ali Alzghoul, PhD candidate at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales...

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Dr. Björn Drobe Discusses Four-Year Results of Essilor Stellest Lenses

sponsored content February 1, 2024 Review of Myopia Management’s Editor-in-Chief John Sailer recently interviewed Dr. Björn Drobe, the Director of R&D Vision Science...

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Vision-Related Quality of Life Matters in Myopia Management

sponsored content December 15, 2023 By Monica Jong, BOptom, PhD, Global Director of Professional Education, Myopia, Johnson & Johnson Vision Today, we...

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Do Conventional Soft Lenses Promote Myopia Progression?

November 1, 2023 By Rebecca Dang Although clinicians can prescribe single-vision contact lenses with the assurance that it will not promote clinically...

Evaluating Treatment Success

November 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE To determine the success of any juvenile-onset myopia intervention, it is...

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Johnson & Johnson Vision Presents Myopia Research at AAO 2023

October 11, 2023 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Johnson & Johnson Vision presented myopia research along with learning opportunities and support of Sight for...

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Extensive OrthoK Research Confirms Efficacy to Slow Myopia Progression

sponsored content September 15, 2023 Following the publication of the paper “Efficacy of the Euclid Orthokeratology Lens in Slowing Axial Elongation” by...

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VTI’s NaturalVue Six-Year Data Confirmed by Three Independent Studies

September 8, 2023 CHICAGO — Visioneering Technologies Inc. completed a six-year clinical trial for its NaturalVue Multifocal (MF) contact lenses, and now,...

Axial Length Changes in Chinese Myopic Children

September 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Axial myopia has the highest population burden among children and adolescents...