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328Key IssuesUp Close With: GMAC’s New Chair Lisa McAlister
February 22, 2023 [Click here to listen to this interview.] The new chair of the 2023 board of directors of GMAC (the...
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342Key IssuesDuke Eye Center’s New Pediatric Myopia Clinic: A Model in MD/OD Collaboration
sponsored content November 15, 2022 Today, the pediatric myopia clinic is spearheaded by a team of three ODs and dedicated staff who...
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1.0KEnvironment & LifestyleMyopia Prevention Strategies Benefit Young Eyes
SPONSORED BY ALCON October 17, 2022 By Alan Landers, OD, MS, and Carla Mack, OD, MBA ECPs have a professional responsibility to...
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820Key IssuesMeet the Johnson & Johnson Vision Professional Education Team
sponsored content October 3, 2022 As Johnson & Johnson Vision expands its portfolio of myopia management treatments, the international vision care leader...
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853ImplementationWhat Can Myopia Management ECPs Learn From Orthodontists?
October 3, 2022 By Rajeev Garg, PhD, MBA, Global Head Myopia Management Strategy, CooperVision With a welcoming ambiance, use of comprehensible technology,...
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1.0KEnvironment & LifestyleWhat Do Parents in the Myopia Capital of the World Know About Myopia?
July 15, 2022 By Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng and Associate Professor Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD For parents to be able to...
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2.3KImplementationEducation as an Intervention
April 15, 2022 By Arief Tjitra Salim, BEng, and Associate Professor Mohamed Dirani, PhD, MBA, GAICD Countries with a high prevalence of...
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546ClinicalVTI’s CMO Dr. Ashley Tuan On NaturalVue and the PROTECT Study
sponsored content April 1, 2022 We believe that for myopia management, there needs to be a lot of tools in [the practitioner’s]...
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895ClinicalInteractions Between Allergies and Myopia Control – Nothing to Sneeze At
April 1, 2022 By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA, Collaborator, Brien Holden Vision Institute If your daily disposable wearers are suffering from allergies...
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1.7KClinicalThe Why, Who, When, and How of Myopia
sponsored content March 15, 2022 Myopia is one of the greatest public health threats of the 21st century, and partnering together is how...
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3.0KClinicalThe Growing Burden of Myopia Prevalence: Findings from the STEM Study
sponsored content February 15, 2022 By Aparna Gopalakrishnan, Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen, Viswanathan Sivaraman, Meenakshi Swaminathan, Yee Ling Wong, James A. Armitage, Alex...
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2.7KImplementationBHVI’s Myopia Calculator Updated with New Options and Progression Curves
January 17, 2022 By Nathan Dobbie, Head of Change and Communication, Brien Holden Vision Institute The latest evidence, as well as user...
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4.5KClinicalMyopia Onset and Progression in Young Adults: ‘It Happens’
sponsored content January 17, 2022 By Mark Bullimore, MCOptom, PhD, FAAO We know a lot about parental history and myopia, but what...
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2.7KKey IssuesGMAC’s Social Media Campaign Broadened My Reach Educating Patients and Parents
January 17, 2022 By Rupa Wong, MD I receive so many questions daily from parents, even other physicians, who are worried about...
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721ClinicalThe 2021 Year in Review for Myopia Management
sponsored content January 3, 2022 By Neal Wolff, Vice President and Head of Marketing, Vylmua This year, awareness and understanding of myopia...
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1.2KClinicalTreating Both Pediatric Dry Eye and Progressive Myopia
January 3, 2022 By Judith Flanagan, PhD, Brien Holden Vision Institute Reduced prevalence of dry eye in children, fewer subjective symptoms, and...
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1.2KBinocular VisionPrescribing Orthokeratology for Adult Patients
sponsored content December 15, 2021 By Andrew D. Pucker, OD, PhD, FAAO Attracting adult orthokeratology patients simply starts by making them aware...
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2.1KClinicalExperiencing SightGlass Vision’s Spectacle Lenses
December 15, 2021 By Joe Rappon, OD, MS, FAAO, and Kylvin Ho, OD, FIAOMC As children continue to develop myopia at earlier...
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2.7KEnvironment & 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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2.3KClinicalDangers of High Myopia
sponsored content November 15, 2021 By Craig Brawley, OD, FAAO; Kevin Chan, OD, MS, FAAO; Millicent Knight, OD, FAAO, FAARM, FNAP; Pamela...
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1.8KEnvironment & 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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1.8KBinocular VisionMyopia Management in the Philippines: An International Perspective
November 1, 2021 By Carmen Abesamis-Dichoso, OD, MAT, FIACLE, FPCO, FAAO As it was then a novel idea, eye care practitioners and...
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3.7KBinocular VisionMy U.K. Experience with Myopia Management
November 1, 2021 By Nick Dash, BScHons (Bio), BScHons (Optom), MCOptom, Dip. SVA Myopia is more than diopters. It is more than...
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3.5KClinicalHow 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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2.5KClinicalWhat 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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2.4KPublic HealthA ‘Prevention and Control’ Implementation Plan for Myopia Management in China
Due to the drastic increase in both the prevalence and severity of myopia in China, on August 30, 2018, eight national departments...
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3.8KPublic HealthCOVIDOPIA or COVIDNOPIA: Myopia Progression During COVID-19
October 15, 2020 By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA Collaborator, BHVI This was supposed to be the year of vision or optometry’s year,...