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BLOG: Sports vision, concussion care should go hand in hand
I recently worked with two professional hockey players on a team for which I provide sports vision care.
Study: Early intervention important to slow myopia progression
A study spanning 6 years and involving more than 100 children showed that early myopia control efforts can consistently slow progression and that treatment effect can accumulate over the years.
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BLOG: A look back, a look ahead at neuro-optometry
In 1977, as a graduate student from University of California, Berkeley, I coauthored the first paper on neuro-optometry. My mentor, a neurologist, and I were very excited about the intersection of neurology and optometry.
VIDEO: Presbyopia eye drop improves uncorrected near visual acuity
Results from a phase 2b study of a pilocarpine and oxymetazoline combined topical eye drop for the treatment of presbyopia significantly improved uncorrected near visual acuity.
Patients with glaucoma display lower saccade latency in face detection
Saccade latencies were significantly lower in patients with glaucoma compared with controls when asked to detect a face in large image scenes with eccentricities higher than 40 degrees.
Overminus lenses for intermittent exotropia may increase myopia progression
Overminus therapy, a method that has been used to control intermittent exotropia, was found to increase myopia progression, particularly in children who are already myopic, according to research presented at the American Academy of Optometry virtual meeting.
Survey: Parents underinformed about their children’s eye health
Results from two recent surveys indicate that parents tend to take a reactive rather than proactive approach to their children’s eye care and that their knowledge of myopia complications and management is lacking.
VIDEO: Early childhood myopia leads to high myopia in later adulthood
Follow-up data revealed that children who received their first myopic spectacle prescription before age 10 years had a greater than 80% chance of becoming highly myopic by their early- to mid 30s.
Bausch licenses myopia control contact lens
Bausch Health announced in a press release that one of its affiliates entered an exclusive licensing agreement for a myopia control contact lens developed by Australian nonprofit Brien Holden Vision Institute.
Eyenovia studies delivery of three therapeutics with new dispenser
Eyenovia reported successful clinical trial results for three different ocular pharmaceutical solutions delivered with its Optejet microdose dispenser for mydriasis, myopia and presbyopia.
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