June 2, 2025 By Dr. Katrina Wong, Australian College of Optometry Animal studies suggest bright light stimulates dopamine release, which inhibits ocular...
2025’s edition of Myopia Awareness Week homes in on the need for outdoor time and balanced near-work, calling for balanced lifestyle changes...
May 1, 2025 By Mahmoud Haddara, BSc, OD The use of topical low-dose atropine to slow progression in myopic children is well...
May 1, 2025 By Dr. Loren Rose The management of progressive myopia in young children has many specific challenges. Special considerations include,...
BHVI’s Myopia Calculator is the first online toolkit designed to help eye care practitioners effectively communicate projected myopia progression and treatment efficacy...
April 1, 2025 By Eman Alzghoul, PhD, FIACLE, FBCLA Modern environmental factors such as increased near work, reduced outdoor exposure, and artificial...
April 1, 2025 By Samrat Sarkar, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales Juvenile-onset myopia, also known as early-onset myopia...
March 4, 2025 GOLDEN, Colo. — To honor the life and contributions of Professor Brien Holden, PhD, Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) is...
March 3, 2025 By Nicole Liu, MOptom, PhD In recent years, the relationship between sleep and myopia has emerged as an important...
March 3, 2025 By Associate Professor Pauline Kang, BOptom, PhD, School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW in Sydney, Australia As...
February 24, 2025 ARLINGTON, Wash. — OCULUS, Inc. has introduced the Myopia Software Package for its Pentacam AXL Wave device. The new...
February 3, 2025 By Erica Barclay, OD The International Myopia Institute has defined pre-myopia as “a refractive state of an eye of...
February 3, 2025 By Durgasri Jaisankar, PhD, Research Scientist at Brien Holden Vision Institute Outdoor bright light exposure has been identified as...
February 3, 2025 By Eman Alzghoul, PhD, FIACLE, FBCLA Adult myopia progression is commonly observed in clinical practice, yet there is a...
January 2, 2025 By Nicole Xiao Liu, MOptom, PhD Candidate, Brien Holden Vision Institute Dopamine, a crucial neurotransmitter in the central nervous...
January 2, 2025 By Leila Sara Eppenberger, MD, FEBO, FMH, MSc ETH Over the past few decades, the options for controlling myopia...
December 2, 2024 By Liesl Forward, BSc, OD Ethnicity is a key demographic detail for clinicians and researchers interested in refractive error,...
November 1, 2024 By Samrat Sarkar, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales Multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCLs) are one...
November 1, 2024 By James S. Wolffsohn BSc, MBA, PhD, Professor and Dean of the School of Optometry, Aston University There is...
October 15, 2024 By Alyssa Pack, OD In a family of several optometrists and a myope myself, my experience with myopia management...
October 1, 2024 By Diba Rezazadeh, OD, AdvCertChVis(ACO) Topical low-dose atropine has become a popular myopia control treatment, and its ability to...
October 1, 2024 By Liesl Forward, BOptom Parental myopia is a well-established risk factor for the development of myopia in children. It...
September 3, 2024 SURFERS PARADISE, Queensland, Australia — The Cornea & Contact Lens Society of Australia (CCLSA) has awarded Dr. Timothy Grant...
September 3, 2024 By Rumeysa Doger, BBioMed, OD Topical atropine is among the myopia treatments with proven efficacy, though treatment effect, side...
September 3, 2024 By Rebecca Dang, BOptom/BSci (Hons), MOptom Soft myopia control contact lenses (CLs) present an effective intervention for progressing myopes,1...
August 1, 2024 By Catherine Tay, BOptom, GradCertPublicHealth Environmental factors, genetic factors, and patient characteristics are important determinants that may help guide...
August 1, 2024 By Erin Lam, BOptom Orthokeratology corrects myopia by flattening the central cornea curvature while steepening the paracentral cornea, with...