April 15, 2025 By Dr. Maryam Jabbar, Lecturer Optometry Department, The University of Faisalabad, Pakistan The 3rd International Myopia Conference, hosted by...
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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October 1, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently published a...
July 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The research paper “Predicting the onset of myopia in children by...
sponsored content March 1, 2024 The evidence supporting the use of topical low-dose atropine in treating juvenile-onset myopia is so strong that...
January 15, 2024 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE According to the International Myopia Institute (IMI) white paper Defining and...
January 1, 2024 By Huy Tran, MD, PhD, and Thi D. Duong, BOptom While myopia control treatment has been successfully adopted worldwide,1...
May 1, 2023 By Luke Seesink, B. Applied Science, BHVI This study aimed to assess the impact of increased time spent outdoors...
March 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Low concentration (0.01% to 0.05%) atropine effectively slows myopia progression in...
June 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The International Myopia Institute’s white paper on Defining and Classifying Myopia...
September 1, 2021 By Erin Lam, B. Vis Sci/M. Optom, Research Optometrist, Brien Holden Vision Institute Myopia development occurs when axial length...
October 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA The risk of developing high myopia is relatively high among children with...