Tag: myopia
GMAC Launches New Myopia Management Social Media Campaign
ST. LOUIS – The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has launched a new myopia management public awareness campaign including social and paid media, which will continue...
Being Open to Virtual Visits Can Expand Your Patient Pool
Nikki Iravani, OD, of EyeXam in Santa Clara, California, has found that her website announcement that she is available for virtual visits has generated...
Personal Experience Inspires Three Students to Take Their Education Deeper
Estimates say 58 percent of U.S. residents are expected to have myopia by 2050, so there is an urgency to increase education and recognition...
Myopia Management Demand Spurs Practice Growth
Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Diplomate ABO, was in optometry school when her father was diagnosed with keratoconus. At the time his doctor said...
Back-to-School Season Is Looking Strong, Poll Respondents Say
According to a recent Women In Optometry Pop-up Poll, a majority of the respondents said that the back-to-school season has not fully recovered from...
A Multifocal With a Different Design Can Help Relieve Fatigue and...
Laurie Runnerstrom, OD, has two major criteria when determining whether to bring in a new contact lens product to her East Greenbush, New York,...
Myopia Management Grows as Specialty Segment
Glenda Moheeputh, OD, who has an independent practice inside a Walmart in Hialeah, Florida, has seen a growth in contact lens use due to...
Dr. Michele Andrews: Introducing the Myopia Management Conversation
Michele Andrews, OD, Senior Director of North America Professional & Academic Affairs at CooperVision, discusses how clinicians can—and why they should—talk about the progression of myopia with parents.
Leading a Research Organization and Promoting Vision Globally
Yvette Waddell has been CEO of one of Australia’s most significant scientific research organizations, Brien Holden Vision Institute, for nearly two years now.
