Optics News

In this Healio video, Jeff Todd, president and CEO at Prevent Blindness, discusses the organization’s art therapy program, which was created to help patients with thyroid eye disease cope with feelings of isolation, anxiety and depression.

The progression of myopia among school-aged children in China appeared to primarily affect changes in inner retinal thickness over the course of 1 year, according to research.

Last fall, we discussed unique issues that face firearm hunters when they’re considering their best refractive target after cataract surgery. Today, we’ll cover a related topic: How to counsel a bowhunter about their ideal refractive target.

Toric soft contact lens prescribing almost doubled internationally from 2000 to 2023, with nearly all clinically significant astigmatism being corrected by these lenses, researchers wrote in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye.

Prevent Blindness has declared August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, a time to educate parents, caregivers, professionals and policymakers on vision and eye health and its role in childhood development.

Astigmatic contact lens wear poses two key challenges: comfort and stability of vision.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The World Council of Optometry is supporting its stance that myopia management is standard of care by promoting a global educational resource, according to council leadership at Optometry’s Meeting.

CooperVision has announced the U.S. launch of its new Clariti Daily Multifocal 3 Add contact lenses, designed to provide all-day comfort, ease of fit and optimal visual acuity at all distances for all levels of presbyopia.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wave-guided optics application technology may now help patients with keratoconus, according to a speaker at Optometry’s Meeting.

Digital health company Luminopia Inc. announced real-world data from the Patients Using Prescription Luminopia Registry, which demonstrated the efficacy of its binocular, virtual reality-based medical device for children with amblyopia.