Myopia Control

Optometrists sometimes suggest vision therapy to improve visual skills, addressing perceptual vision and myopia.

This year, Healio covered several studies and updates about treatment options to slow myopia progression, including one about a model developed to predict the onset of myopia.

Low-level red light therapy was superior to orthokeratology lenses at slowing myopia progression in children in the first year of treatment, though the difference was not significant in the second year, according to study results.

For the second consecutive year, Myopia Profile announced that September is Myopia Action Month, a global initiative designed to empower eye care professionals to advocate for myopia patient care and awareness.

Those who read my Lindstrom’s Perspective regularly know that I have a special interest in demographics and medical economics. This time, I am going to share a few thoughts on the medical economics of managing the progressive myope.

Data published in July in JAMA Ophthalmology showed that 0.01% atropine drops safely curbed myopia progression in children with intermittent exotropia and myopia.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Optometric Association and CooperVision announced the 60 inaugural “change agents” who will lead the Myopia Collective, an initiative that advocates for comprehensive treatment for myopia.

NEW YORK — The use of repeated low-level red light therapy to control myopia is gaining popularity around the world, but clinicians should exercise caution with these devices, according to a speaker at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK — Most parents are unaware of the complications of high myopia as well as the potential to control it in children, Janelle Davison, OD, said at Vision Expo East.

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.