Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

ST. LOUIS – Alcon Vision Care general manager Sean Clark said the company is highlighting a number of innovations here at Optometry’s Meeting.

ST. LOUIS – Advocacy in eye health, product innovation and the patient experience are three areas of focus for Thomas Swinnen, the new North American president for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care.

ST. LOUIS – Bausch + Lomb introduced Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism during a press conference here at Optometry’s Meeting.

ST. LOUIS – The national public awareness campaign, Think About Your Eyes, created 3.95 million incremental eye exams in 2018.

Eye care providers treating children with myopia must be familiar with the issues surrounding controlling – or not controlling – the myopia and the potential long-term consequences.

Experts who reviewed research on methods for controlling myopia progression concluded that no one treatment is completely effective in all patients.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Twenty-one children between 6 and 12 years old were able to tolerate three different designs of spectacle lenses intended for myopia control.

Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt approved legislation on May 21 that will allow optometrists to practice within retail establishments.

Options for controlling progressive myopia in children include the use of atropine, orthokeratology, multifocal soft contact lenses, and progressive-addition or bifocal spectacle lenses, but single vision spectacle lenses are not effective for this purpose, according to a white paper from the International Myopia Institute.

by Sally Greenberg