Existing evidence has failed to convince doctors to uniformly embrace treatments for myopic progression control.
Does planning extra time outdoors during the school day help?
It has been said that nearly one-third to one-half fail to comply with general medical advice and prescriptions.
Axial elongation rate is faster in younger children undergoing ortho-k treatment.
July 2, 2019 By Karen Lahav-Yacouel PhD Student – Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia is on the rise globally. Research on ways...
July 2, 2019 By Cathleen Fedtke, Dipl. Ing. (FH), PhD, FAAO Senior Research Fellow, Project Manager – Brien Holden Vision Institute The...
July 2, 2019 By Jennie Diec, BOptom (Hons) Senior Research Optometrist – Brien Holden Vision Institute Previous publications on bifocal and progressive...
June 6, 2019 Thanh Pham, MD Ophthalmologist, Hai Yen Eye Care Research Intern, Brien Holden Vision Institute Presently a number of optical,...
What are they and how do they work?
A recent meta-analysis looked at the effects of increased outdoor time.
Implicit in deciding when to initiate myopia management is monitoring pre-myopic patients who are at risk of developing myopia.
The exact role of genetic versus environmental components remains far from settled.
Discussion with Judith Stern, BOptom, and Michael Morton, BOptom, of the Brien Holden Vision Institute, Part 3. Moderated by Roger Mummert, Jobson...
Discussion with Judith Stern, BOptom, and Michael Morton, BOptom, of the Brien Holden Vision Institute, Part 1. Moderated by Roger Mummert, Jobson...
Judith Stern, BOptom, and Michael Morton, BOptom, MPH, from the Brien Holden Vision Institute, define the pressing need to address the global...
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According to current estimates, there are 1950 million myopes and 277 million high myopes globally. Both genetics and environmental factors are the...
Research has uncovered some characteristics of people at greater risk.
Myopia may be pervasive, but so are efforts to spread awareness and inform ways to reduce progression. Resources abound.
Moving forward, ECPs must better understand the risk factors associated with myopia onset and progression.
The answer comes from articles written by leaders in myopia care.
The ‘Guidelines for Myopia Management’, developed by Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited, are an easy-to-use, practical tool developed to help busy eye...
The ‘Myopia Calculator’ is a web-based tool developed by Brien Holden Vision Institute to support clinicians in communicating and educating patients...
Uncorrected myopia as well as high myopia resulting in complications such as myopic macular degeneration (MMD) can potentially result in lost productivity....
If the trends continue, myopia could become the leading cause of blindness worldwide by 2050.
There is an urgent and massive need to improve access to refractive care, particularly in low resource communities.
In just over a couple of decades, the need to address this epidemic has taken on an urgency.