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45Practice ProfilesAdvocating for My Patients Has Led to More Than 20 Years of Myopia Management Success
November 15, 2023 By Nicholas Despotidis, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, FIAO You’ll have the most success with myopia management if you hone in...
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440Research ReviewLifestyle Risk Factors for Myopia: A Large Cross-Sectional Analysis
November 1, 2023 By Dean Psarakis, BOptom, MSc, Senior Research Optometrist at BHVI In recent years, much attention has been focused on...
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614Editor’s PerspectiveImproving Adherence to Lifestyle and Visual Health Recommendations
July 5, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE According to the International Myopia Institute Prevention of Myopia and Its...
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580Environment & LifestyleModifiable and Non-Modifiable Myopia Risk Factors
July 5, 2023 By Hashim A. Khan, OD, FAAO, PhD Candidate at Brien Holden Vision Institute The two strongest factors influencing the...
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711Latest Myopia NewsApple to Add Myopia-Related Features to Upcoming Software Update
June 7, 2023 CUPERTINO, Calif. — At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the company announced that it will be incorporating new visual health...
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1.2KEnvironment & LifestyleEnvironmental Influences on Myopia Development
June 1, 2023 By Zeeshan Akhtar, BOptom, MPhil, PhD Candidate at Brien Holden Vision Institute There is a growing body of research...
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749Latest Myopia NewsHoot’s New Automated Education Tool Benefits ODs and Parents
May 25, 2023 PRINCETON, N.J. — Hoot Myopia Care has released a new automated education tool designed to simplify the myopia education...
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1.4KBinocular VisionCase Report: Pediatric Unilateral Pathologic Myopia
April 17, 2023 By Ashley Wallace-Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS Subjective: A 12-year-old African American male presented to our clinic for his first...
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1.3KResearch ReviewImpact of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Lifestyle on Myopia
December 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global COVID-19 pandemic in...
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1.1KEditor’s Perspective
Myopic Children Often Lead Unhealthy Lifestyles
November 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Many children and adolescents have developed unhealthy lifestyles, which affect their...
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1.6KEnvironment & 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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1.4KEditor’s Perspective
How to Impact Myopigenesis
August 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Progressive myopia is increasingly common in children. With increasing prevalence, more...
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812Podcasts‘Up Close With’ Dr. Nathan Bonilla-Warford and Nitin Jain on GMAC’s Screen Staycation
July 27, 2022 Spending time outdoors can significantly benefit children’s vision. To encourage children to spend more time outside and less time...
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905Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Launches New Myopia Awareness Website
June 24, 2022 ST. LOUIS – Building on the success of previous social media campaigns, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has...
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1.7KImplementationHow to Manage Very Young Myopic Children
April 1, 2022 By Shefali Miglani, OD While there are no easy steps in the journey to managing myopia in very young...
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2.1KPodcastsHolistic Best Practices for Maintaining Children’s Eye Health
sponsored content December 15, 2021 Over the last year and a half, many parents have expressed concern over the increase in their...
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2.6KEnvironment & 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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4.2KClinicalHow 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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2.0KEnvironment & 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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3.8KClinical
Case in Point
August 2, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Several products and interventions — which have been proposed for reducing the...
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4.7KEnvironment & 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...
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2.8KResearch Review
Myopia and Screen Time Might Not Be Linked
October 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA In recent years, it has been argued that computers, smartphones and tablets...
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3.3KResearch ReviewIncreasing Screen Time During the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Accelerate Childhood Myopia
September 1, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Medical researchers reviewed the impact of increased digital device usage arising from COVID-19...
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Office Design & Equipment
Myopia Management and Technology
For most eyecare professionals (ECPs), progressive myopia, especially among children, is a refractive error that they correct with single vision spectacles or...