Tag: Myopia
What your patient might ask you…
If my 10 year old is a -2.00 myope now, what will they be in 5 years?
No need to dig out your old TI-80...
Contacts that slow myopia progression.
Three year results on a study comparing myopia progression in 8-12 year olds was presented last week in England. Results showed patients fit in MiSight, a CooperVision dual-focus daily soft contact...
Longer lashes AND myopia prevention?! Sign me up.
A study presented at ARVO last week showed that a repurposed glaucoma drug can halt myopia progression.
Scientists induced myopia in guinea pig eyes then treated the eyes with...
Want to prevent myopia? Don’t go to medical school.
A retrospective study found that the prevalence of high myopes (i.e. more than -6.00D) to common myopes is expected to increase from 15% entering college to...
Myopia cell found!
Researchers at Northwestern in Chicago may have found a retinal ganglion cell responsible for myopia and it might be linked with the amount time spent indoors.
What...