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Low-dose atropine 0.01% for the treatment of childhood myopia: a pan-India multicentric retrospective study

This is a retrospective multicentre study (20 centres) in India over two years, monitoring the progression of myopia after starting treatment with 0.01% atropine drops. Seven-hundred and thirty-two children were recruited in the study, between six and 14 years old,...

Paediatric ophthalmology five-year results of atropine 0.01% efficacy in the myopia control in a European population

This a prospective, randomised and longitudinal study from Madrid, Spain in 361 eyes from 361 children randomised into the control group (177 eyes with no treatment) and the treatment group (184 eyes with 0.01% atropine drops once daily). Complete eye...

Moorfields Education: myopia control in children

This full day, online course will deliver a range of lectures from various experts involved in research and treatment of children with myopia. We will be covering myopia epidemiology, risk factors and causes, progression of myopia, current research and evidence,...

1st International Conference on Myopia in Pakistan

By Mr MS Samuel, Medical Director, Laser Refractive Surgery Services, Optimax & Ultralase. I have just returned from Pakistan after attending the first International Conference on Myopia organised by the University of Faisalabad at the School of Optometry. The conference...

BHVI Launches Myopia Awareness Week 2023

BHVI, an Australian not-for-profit organisation with an international focus on vision research, has announced today the launch of Myopia Awareness Week for 2023 – a global initiative relaunched in 2021, to bring attention to the growing epidemic of myopia in children across the world.

New factsheet and consent form aim to better inform parents of children with myopia

A new factsheet and consent form developed by the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) in partnership with CooperVision will help eye care professionals to better manage children with myopia.

DOs study myopia management at ABDO’s NRC

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has held the first Myopia Management Conference in Birmingham this week.

Optometry Today’s new essential guide for myopia management

Optometry Today (OT) has published the second edition of its myopia management guide.

RCOphth (Royal College of Ophthalmologists) Myopia management in children & young people 2025

This 90 minute webinar will give an introduction to the management of myopia in children and young people

2023 International Myopia Institute White Papers Released in Special Edition of IOVS

The International Myopia Institute (IMI) is excited to announce the release of the third series of their highly cited White Papers in a special issue of the top peer-reviewed Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS) journal.

HOYA Vision Care’s Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments Spectacle Lenses demonstrated significant trend of myopia control in children

Interim analysis from the Observational French Study in children presented at EPOS 2024 meeting in Paris. Data from an interim analysis of the Observational French Study, OPHTAMYOP, has demonstrated a significant trend of myopia control in children with spherical equivalent...

Leading North London eye clinic appoints retina expert to treat growing ‘epidemic’ of patients living with myopia

Leading independent eye hospital based in Finchley, My-iClinic, has welcomed Consultant Ophthalmologist, Ms Yvonne Luo, to its growing team of specialists.