Tag: pediatrics
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...
Weekly social media roundup.
When you didn't make the list...
Back to school is almost here and this new survey finds that half of parents skip back to school eye exams...
Weekly social media roundup.
If you think your clinic schedule is busy, try living in Haiti.
There are three optometrists for the 10 million people living there. However, that's...
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...
Are you 36 years old? If not, you’ve still got...
According to a new study, the visual cortex matures until a person reaches 36 years of age, plus or minus around 4.5 years.
The research is...
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...
Clinical guidelines changed.
The AOA released updated evidence-based guidelines for treating pediatric patients.
Peds people, this one is for you!
In a study of 79 children, researchers asked the question, can we use OCT to diagnose increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in children?
The team measured the peripapillary RNFL...
PSA: smoking while pregnant is still bad. Write that down.
A study of roughly 1300 kids between the ages of 11-12 found that maternal smoking during pregnancy and low birth weight were independently associated with thinner retinal nerve...
PSA: smoking while pregnant is still bad. Write that down.
A study of roughly 1300 kids between the ages of 11-12 found that maternal smoking during pregnancy and low birth weight were independently associated with thinner retinal nerve...