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EssilorLuxottica Shares Six-Year Data on Stellest Lenses

April 16, 2025 PARIS, France — At the 2025 China Optometry & Ophthalmology Conference (COOC), EssilorLuxottica shared the six-year data from the...

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BHVI Launches Updated Myopia Calculator

BHVI’s Myopia Calculator is the first online toolkit designed to help eye care practitioners effectively communicate projected myopia progression and treatment efficacy...

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A Wake-Up Call: Regulatory Changes for Red Light Therapy in China

March 17, 2025 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, AAO Dipl, FBCLA, FIACLE The JAMA Ophthalmology Viewpoint article “Red Light Therapy for...

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Dr. Douglas P. Benoit Discusses VTI’s NaturalVue Multifocals at THE Myopia Meeting Toronto

March 3, 2025 MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada — At THE Myopia Meeting held in MARKHAM, Ontario, Sunday, December 8, 2024, Douglas P. Benoit,...

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Is There Power in Combining Treatment?

March 3, 2025 By Associate Professor Pauline Kang, BOptom, PhD, School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW in Sydney, Australia As...

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Myopia Management Can Be as Easy as ‘1-2-3’

sponsored content February 18, 2025 By Kristen Dalli, Managing Editor, Review of Myopia Management Whether you’ve been providing myopia management in your...

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Synergistic Effect of Dual-Focus Soft Contact Lenses and 0.05% Atropine on Myopia Control

February 18, 2025 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, Dipl AAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Yum et al. investigated the synergistic effect of dual-focus...

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Efficacy and Safety of Different Atropine Regimens for the Treatment of Myopia in Children

February 3, 2025 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, Dipl AAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The study “Efficacy and Safety of Different Atropine Regimens...

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Myopia Control Effect of Repeated Low-Level Red-Light Therapy with Orthokeratology

February 3, 2025 By Durgasri Jaisankar, PhD, Research Scientist at Brien Holden Vision Institute Outdoor bright light exposure has been identified as...

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2024: A Remarkable Year for Myopia Management

January 2, 2025 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, Dipl AAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Juvenile-onset myopia has gained the scientific community’s attention, and...

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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...

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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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