Tag: myopia
World Council of Optometry Announces Ambassadors for Myopia Management Outreach Initiatives
To help support its ongoing work to address myopia as a public health crisis and further the adoption of myopia management as the standard...
National Academies Focus on Myopia Holds First Open Session
Fuensanta A. Vera-Diaz, OD, PhD, FAAO, director of research and associate professor of optometry at the New England College of Optometry (NECO) was asked...
World Council of Optometry Myopia Management Standard of Care Pledge Challenge...
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) Myopia Management Standard of Care Pledge challenge is setting a new goal after having reached an important milestone. Since the pledge...
When it Comes to Myopia Progression, Earlier Intervention is Better
Patients visiting an independent optometrist practicing next to a LensCrafters location might not expect to hear about myopia management. Indeed, they may never have...
Review of Myopia Management Named Official Media Sponsor of International Myopia...
Review of Myopia Management (RMM) has been named the Official Media Sponsor of the upcoming International Myopia Conference (IMC).
To be held in September of...
Corporate Location Gives Young OD More Time to Learn
India-born Sherene Vazhappilly, OD, moved to the western hemisphere with her family in second grade. They spent about eight years in various U.S. states...
WCO Myopia Care Challenge: Take the Pledge
Sixty-three global eye care organizations and more than 25,700 practitioners have accepted the World Council of Optometry (WCO) Myopia Management Standard of Care...
Opening Doors to Research Opportunities
When Kathryn Richdale, OD, PhD, Diplomate CCLRT, was in optometry school, she thought the career choices ahead were limited: private practice, corporate practice or...
Innovations Keep Contact Lens Category Moving Forward
Pamela Lowe, OD, FAAO, of Professional Eye Care Center in Niles, Illinois, says that she has seen some surprising trends emerge from the COVID-19...
EssilorLuxottica Releases Three-year Clinical Trial Results of Its Essilor Stellest Lens...
Results continue to show strong effectiveness of the lens in slowing down myopia
progression in children over three years
EssilorLuxottica released the much-anticipated three-year clinical trial...
