Pediatrics News

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to SightGlass Vision’s diffusion optics technology spectacle lenses, which are designed to slow myopia progression in children.

Hoot Health has announced the launch of Hoot Referrals, the company’s marketing automation solution designed help optometrists connect with nearby pediatricians through targeted communications about myopia awareness.

Worse best-corrected visual acuity, longer axial length, faster axial length elongation and severe myopic maculopathy were reported risk factors for myopic maculopathy progression in children, according to research in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Treatment with MiSight 1 day contact lenses reduced axial growth in children by 0.52 mm compared with predicted accumulated growth of untreated eyes, according to 6-year data published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Pediatric retina is a difficult field with high stakes. Here at the Hawaiian Eye 2024 meeting, a specialist shared pearls on what any ophthalmologist who deals with pediatric patients should not miss.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio video perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Nick Ruth, MBA, of Sydnexis, delivers an update on SYD-101, the company’s upcoming treatment for progressive myopia in pediatric patients.

Research into effective treatments for myopic progression expands beyond contact lenses and involves atropine, red light therapy and spectacle lenses, as Healio has reported throughout 2023.

Posterior vitreous depth developed differently in children who were high- vs. low-risk for myopia, while axial length/corneal radius most accurately identified overall myopia risk, according to recent research.

For eye care providers who practice evidence-based medicine, one guiding principle is the reliability of a treatment’s effectiveness, which goes far beyond intuition, experience and training and instead depends on sound, valid science.

Only two in 10 parents are aware of the myopia epidemic, and about two in five parents know what myopia is, according to research from the Vision Council.