Optics News

Most school-aged children demonstrated less than 1 D of myopic spherical equivalent difference between noncycloplegic and cycloplegic refractions, although hyperopia, age and race contributed to observed differences, according to research.

Children with uncorrected hyperopia were reported to have worse educational performance and reading skills, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.

Eyeglasses that use SightGlass Vision Diffusion Optic Technology significantly reduced axial length and cycloplegic spherical equivalent refraction progression in children aged 6 to 7 years with myopia, the company announced in a press release.

SAN DIEGO — Light exposure and stimulation of the locus coeruleus may be a promising way to delay Alzheimer’s disease progression, according to a presenter at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

CHICAGO – Bausch + Lomb announced the U.S. launch of Revive, a new family of customizable soft contact lenses, at Optometry’s Meeting.

CHICAGO — An individualized protocol of combined treatments provided “remarkable” control of cycloplegic spherical equivalent refractive error and axial length in children over a 3-year period, according to a poster at Optometry’s Meeting.

Recently, a coalition of four health care groups published guidance in the journal Pediatrics on screening, identifying and initiating clinical management of visual symptoms in pediatric concussion patients (Master et al).

Visual evoked potentials testing has been used for more than 75 years to look for conditions that interfere with afferent nerve transmission — the one-way communication of visual information from each retina to the brain.

CHICAGO – CooperVision announced at Optometry’s Meeting the availability of its MiSight 1 day contact lenses in higher prescriptions.

CHICAGO – Younger subjects and those in earlier stages of presbyopia performed significantly better than placebo and older subjects when treated with CSF-1, Derek Cunningham, OD, FAAO, said at Optometry’s Meeting.