Optics News

ATLANTA — CooperVision announced the U.S. and global launch of MyDay Energys contact lenses at SECO 100.

ATLANTA — Alcon’s vision care business grew 8% in 2022, the company announced at its 30th annual press event at SECO 100.

ATLANTA — In this video, Luis Rojas, OD, a practitioner in McKinney, Texas, explains how he chooses contact lenses by combining a patient’s objective findings from the comprehensive exam with subjective findings or visual task requirements.

Physically active adults and children preferred orthokeratology over spectacles for myopia management, although parents’ perception of corrective options differed from their children’s, according to data in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye.

Our understanding of myopia has advanced in recent years, with more information available and a knowledge base that’s rapidly expanding. A barrier to applying these learnings is awareness.

More than 60 eye care organizations and 25,600 practitioners worldwide have accepted the Myopia Management Standard of Care Pledge challenge, a joint initiative created by the World Council of Optometry and CooperVision.

A study found that more than one in four U.S. adults aged 71 years and older are visually impaired, with increasing prevalence related to older age, less education, lower income, non-white race and Hispanic ethnicity.

The WHO is modeling its new Training in Assistive Products program after VisionSpring’s global methodology to help health care workers in underserved countries identify presbyopia and distribute reading glasses to those in need.

Avulux and Axon Optics have partnered to expand access to the latest light management lens technology for people with migraines, Avulux announced in a press release.

The 20-20-20 rule to reduce the impact of digital eye strain may not be an effective therapeutic intervention, with researchers suggesting that longer break durations or different frequency may be more helpful.