Welcome to Part 2 of the news update of the 2020 Global Specialty Lens Symposium, held in Las Vegas. Read on for updates on the risk-to-benefit comparison of myopia control, how to talk myopia successfully with parents and how to integrate myopia control into your practice. Click the link at the bottom to check out Part 1 on Teens, Treatments …
Read MoreGSLS2020 Update 2: The parents, the patients and your practice
Hello from Las Vegas!! Welcome to the exciting news updates from the Global Specialty Lens Symposium 2020, held January 22-25th. Get ready for a bumper news update! Read on for information on the latest primate research, intervention updates and young adult myopia progression. Jump to the bottom for the link to Update 2: risk-benefit analysis of myopia control, and how …
Read MoreGSLS2020 Update 1: Teens, Treatments and Treatment zones
This year, the annual Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) was held in Vancover 2019 from April 28th to May 2nd. Check out the Myopia Profile Facebook group for individual live posts, but here is a summary of the fabulous new research presented at the conference. Click on the headings for more information and a link to the …
Read MoreLatest Research: IMC2019, Part 4 – Tech and Technology Updates
Announcing Part 3 of 4 of exciting updates from the 2019 biannual International Myopia Conference! You’ll find links to parts 1, 2 and 4 at the end, however read on for updates on OrthoK, MYLO and MiSight! Is a smaller treatment zone diameter (TZD) in OrthoK better for myopia control? This is a hot topic where lots of anecdotal results …
Read MoreLatest Research: IMC2019 , Part 3 – Contact Lens Updates
Welcome to Part 2 of 4 fabulous updates from the 2019 biannual International Myopia Conference! Read on for more about predicting axial length growth, refractive growth and translating statistics into real world progression. Click on the headings to link to the published papers relevant to the conference presentation (where available). Pictured above are notable myopia researchers Mark Bullimore (left) and …
Read MoreLatest Research: IMC2019, Part 2 – Axial Lengths and Myopia Calculators
I’m delighted to bring you some of the many highlights from the biannual International Myopia Conference! In its 17th iteration, it was held from September 12-15 in Tokyo, Japan. Over this four-part news update, I’ll summarise some of the more clinically-focused updates in what is traditionally a heavily research orientated conference. The International Myopia Institute Update There was a special …
Read MoreLatest Research: IMC2019, Part 1 – Accommodating for Myopia Accomplishments
Welcome to Part 2 of the ARVO 2019 Research Roundup! For article abstracts and more info, please click on the headings. You’ll find links to Part 1 and Part 3 of the ARVO latest at the end of this blog. 1 – Atropine and the LAMP Study In the much anticipated Low-concentration atropine for myopia progression (LAMP) study Phase 2: …
Read MoreLatest Research: ARVO 2019, Part 2 – Medication Updates
This year, the annual Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) was held in Vancover 2019 from April 28th to May 2nd. Check out the Myopia Profile Facebook group for individual live posts, but here is a summary of the fabulous new research presented at the conference. Click on the headings for more information and a link to the …
Read MoreLatest Research: ARVO 2019, Part 1 – The data, the disease and the developments
This is Part 3 of 3 on the Annual Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2019 (ARVO) conference summary, discussing the latest and greatest in contact lens research for myopia control. Click on the headings for links to abstracts, and you’ll find links to Part 1 and Part 2 of the ARVO latest at the end of this blog. …
Read MoreLatest Research: ARVO 2019, Part 3 – Contact Lens Updates
The landmark International Myopia Institute (IMI) White paper reports were published on 28 February 2019. As lead author on the Clinical Management Guidelines paper, I was thrilled to see the work of my 13 co-authors and I shared with a keen clinician audience worldwide. It was drawn to my attention, though, that the promised Supplementary Digital Content had not been …
Read MoreIMI – Clinical Management Guidelines Supplementary Digital Content