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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.

Demand for eye wear and eye care remained steady throughout 2022, fueled in part by consumer purchase of sunglasses during the summer months, according to the latest Vision Council Consumer inSights Report.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses Healio’s Eyeluminaries podcast, which features conversations with visionaries and newsmakers across the eye care community.

SAN DIEGO — The use of the Prokera amniotic membrane can “generate clinical remission” of dry eye symptoms for at least 3 months, Scheffer C.G. Tseng, MD, PhD, said at Academy 2022.

SAN DIEGO — Eyelid margin cleaning at an elevated controlled temperature reduced dry eye symptoms after 7 days in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction, according to a study presented at Academy 2022.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with dry eye disease were found to have increased levels of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, according to Selina McGee, OD, FAAO.

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness exceeded its goal of 5 million eye tests pledged by World Sight Day, the group announced on its website.

Better serving patient needs was the aim of the second Industry Collaborative hosted by the New England College of Optometry in Boston, where more than 100 attendees from eye care, industry, health care, media and academia met in August.

LAS VEGAS — Being bold, brave and embracing disruption will lead to innovation among eye care professionals, according to a keynote presentation at Vision Expo West.

The Vision Council’s Consumer inSights second quarter report revealed that 80% of survey respondents said they use vision correction, and 60% had an eye exam within the past 12 months, according to a Vision Council press release.