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Screens Down, Eyes Up: Myopia Awareness Week 2025 Calls for Action on Eye Health

2025’s edition of Myopia Awareness Week homes in on the need for outdoor time and balanced near-work, calling for balanced lifestyle changes...

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Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Atropine in Pre-Myopic Children

May 1, 2025 By Mahmoud Haddara, BSc, OD The use of topical low-dose atropine to slow progression in myopic children is well...

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How to Manage Progressive Myopia in Very Young Children

May 1, 2025 By Dr. Loren Rose The management of progressive myopia in young children has many specific challenges. Special considerations include,...

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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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Fighting Myopia: Are 20-Second Breaks Enough?

April 1, 2025 By Eman Alzghoul, PhD, FIACLE, FBCLA Modern environmental factors such as increased near work, reduced outdoor exposure, and artificial...

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Binocular Vision

Accommodative Lag and Juvenile-onset Myopia

April 1, 2025 By Samrat Sarkar, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales Juvenile-onset myopia, also known as early-onset myopia...

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Professor Brien Holden to be Honored at Optometry Giving Sight Event

March 4, 2025 GOLDEN, Colo. — To honor the life and contributions of Professor Brien Holden, PhD, Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) is...

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Sleep and Myopia: Towards a Holistic Prevention Approach

March 3, 2025 By Nicole Liu, MOptom, PhD In recent years, the relationship between sleep and myopia has emerged as an important...

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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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OCULUS Introduces Myopia Software Package for Pentacam AXL Wave

February 24, 2025 ARLINGTON, Wash. — OCULUS, Inc. has introduced the Myopia Software Package for its Pentacam AXL Wave device. The new...

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How to Manage Pre-Myopia

February 3, 2025 By Erica Barclay, OD The International Myopia Institute has defined pre-myopia as “a refractive state of an eye of...

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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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How to Manage Progressive Myopia in Young Adults

February 3, 2025 By Eman Alzghoul, PhD, FIACLE, FBCLA Adult myopia progression is commonly observed in clinical practice, yet there is a...

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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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Navigating Myopia Control: A Simplified Overview of Various Methods for Clinicians

January 2, 2025 By Leila Sara Eppenberger, MD, FEBO, FMH, MSc ETH Over the past few decades, the options for controlling myopia...

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Ethnic Differences in Axial Elongation and Refractive Error Progression in Myopic and Non-Myopic Children

December 2, 2024 By Liesl Forward, BSc, OD Ethnicity is a key demographic detail for clinicians and researchers interested in refractive error,...

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Long-Term Wear Effect of Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses on Accommodation in Myopic Children

November 1, 2024 By Samrat Sarkar, PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales Multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCLs) are one...

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Childhood Myopia and Dry Eye: Are They Related?

November 1, 2024 By James S. Wolffsohn BSc, MBA, PhD, Professor and Dean of the School of Optometry, Aston University There is...

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Practice Profiles

My Personal Connection to Myopia Management Helps Me Connect with Patients

October 15, 2024 By Alyssa Pack, OD In a family of several optometrists and a myope myself, my experience with myopia management...

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Five-Year Results of Atropine 0.01% Efficacy in Myopia Control in a European Population

October 1, 2024 By Diba Rezazadeh, OD, AdvCertChVis(ACO) Topical low-dose atropine has become a popular myopia control treatment, and its ability to...

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Genetics

Parental Myopia as a Non-Modifiable Risk Factor: How Important Is It?

October 1, 2024 By Liesl Forward, BOptom Parental myopia is a well-established risk factor for the development of myopia in children. It...

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Dr. Timothy Grant Named Brien Holden Memorial Awardee

September 3, 2024 SURFERS PARADISE, Queensland, Australia — The Cornea & Contact Lens Society of Australia (CCLSA) has awarded Dr. Timothy Grant...

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Atropine Monotherapy vs. Combined with MiSight 1 Day Contact Lenses

September 3, 2024 By Rumeysa Doger, BBioMed, OD Topical atropine is among the myopia treatments with proven efficacy, though treatment effect, side...

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Currently Available Myopia Control Soft Lenses: How Do They Compare?

September 3, 2024 By Rebecca Dang, BOptom/BSci (Hons), MOptom Soft myopia control contact lenses (CLs) present an effective intervention for progressing myopes,1...

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Which Myopic Children Will Benefit From Low-Dose Atropine?

August 1, 2024 By Catherine Tay, BOptom, GradCertPublicHealth Environmental factors, genetic factors, and patient characteristics are important determinants that may help guide...

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