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Small Treatment Zone Ortho-K Lens More Effective at Controlling Myopia

However, this came at the expense of decreased visual quality.
September 10, 2024

Myopia More Strongly Correlated with Academic vs. Vocational Education

As further evidence of environmental influences on development, a Chinese study found a protective effect from abandonment of classroom study as late as ages 15 to 18.
September 9, 2024

Visual Field Defect Develops in Half of Nonpathologic High Myopes

With observation over eight years, the most commonly seen were an enlarged blind spot and nonspecific defect.
September 9, 2024

Red-light Therapy for Myopia Prevention Moderately Effective

This intervention type is still fairly limited by the modest rebound effect observed after cessation.
September 3, 2024

High Myopia Affects Peripheral Retinal Ganglion Cell Complex

The impact of axial elongation seems to make this area, as well as the microvasculature, more susceptible to change.
August 21, 2024

Study Implicates Peripheral Defocus in Myopia Development

In children, that of the horizontal direction had a greater effect.
August 20, 2024

Combination Therapy Improves Response to Ortho-K in Progressive Myopia

Adding repeated low-level red-light therapy allowed initial nonresponders to achieve significant axial length shortening, study finds.
August 19, 2024

Weekly 1% Atropine May Be Viable Alternative to Daily Low-Dose, With Fewer AEs

The regimen worked well in young low myopes, a retrospective study conducted in China found.
August 16, 2024

Thinner Choroid at Baseline May Predict Greater AL Elongation in Young High Myopes

A longitudinal study highlights the potential role of this ocular structure in disease progression.
August 16, 2024

Longer Axial Length Increases Dry Eye Risk, Severity in Myopia

This finding was associated with more advanced ocular surface disease, corneal staining and tear film instability.
August 6, 2024