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938Editor’s PerspectiveMyopia Management Begins with Lifestyle and Visual Hygiene Guidance
January 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE When should myopia management be implemented, and on which children? Progression...
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1.8KEnvironment & LifestyleEnvironmental Influences on Myopia Development
sponsored content December 15, 2021 By Noel A. Brennan, MScOptom, PhD, and Mark A. Bullimore, MCOptom, PhD Outdoors, sunlight, near work, education,...
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2.6KClinicalEmbracing the Latest Technology Can Build A Stronger Myopia Management Practice
November 15, 2021 By Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, FIAOMC More recently, we’ve shifted our attention to TikTok. It is the only...
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1.3KEnvironment & LifestyleIs Myopia Prevalence Related to Outdoor Green Space?
November 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA There is substantial evidence indicating that environmental factors, including time outdoors and...
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1.7KClinicalWhich Environmental Factors Potentially Reduce the Progression of Childhood Myopia?
November 1, 2021 By Divya Jagadeesh, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brien Holden Vision Institute Increasing time outdoors at least one...
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1.8KEnvironment & LifestyleGlobal Evidence Links Digital Device Screen Time with Myopia
October 15, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA A major international study published in one of the world’s leading medical...
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2.4KClinicalHow Has COVID-19 Changed the Epidemiology of Myopia?
October 15, 2021 By Joshua Foreman, PhD; Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD; and Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng Almost two years since the pandemic...
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1.9KClinicalMyopia Management in the Trenches
October 15, 2021 By Vittorio Mena, OD, MS As health care practitioners, we need to be on the frontlines for children’s eye...
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2.1KClinicalPromoting Better Sleep Hygiene in Children for Myopia Control
October 1, 2021 By Xiao Nicole Liu, MOptom, PhD Candidate at the Brien Holden Vision Institute Recognition of sleep as a component...
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1.6KClinicalInfluences on Myopia Progression
October 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Many studies have reported rates of myopia progression, which are most frequently...
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1.2KEnvironment & LifestyleThe Myopia App Study
September 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Smartphone use is a relatively new behavior among youth. It became increasingly...
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2.6KEnvironment & LifestyleNutritional Factors and Myopia
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Although genetic factors play a role in the development of myopia, they...
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2.0KClinicalWhat a Parental Control App is Teaching Us About Eye Health Care Service Utilization
July 15, 2021 By Joshua Foreman, PhD; Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng; Dilara Koca, MPH; and Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD The planoApp...
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2.5KClinicalStarting Myopia Management Early Yields Greatest Outcomes
July 15, 2021 By Melanie Frogozo, OD, FAAO, Alamo Eye Care , San Antonio, Texas To give children the greatest chance of...
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3.7KEnvironment & LifestyleWhat Does Science Say About Screen Time and Childhood Myopia?
May 17, 2021 By Joshua Foreman, PhD; Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng; Dilara Koca, MPH; and Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD In the context of...
