How Good is Photoscreening For Young Children ’ s Vision Problems?
This study showed that not only was smartphone photoscreening feasible, but was quite good at screening for potential vision problems. Smartphone photoscreening has the advantages of being more ubiquitously available and thus children in almost any location can be screened.
A study of photoscreening using a handheld digital photoscreener in primary care offices validated the technology showing an overall referral rate of 10% to an ophthalmologist with suspected astigmatism, anisometropia and strabismus being the most common reasons. The overall positive predictive rate was 0.60. “…[O]ver 60% of children referre...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 4, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Eyenovia Submits New Drug Application to FDA for Pharmacologic Mydriasis with MydCombi
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 29, 2020-- Eyenovia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYEN), a clinical stage ophthalmic biopharmaceutical company with Phase 3 programs in presbyopia, myopia and mydriasis, today announced that it has submitted a New Drug... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - December 29, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Largest-ever study on children's soft contact lens safety shows low complication rates
(McDougall Communications) The largest-ever retrospective study of its kind (the ReCSS Study) has found very low complication rates in children who wear soft contact lenses, similar to rates in adults. The newly-published outcomes offer eye care professionals valuable real-world information to better counsel parents and caregivers as they consider proven myopia management options to help slow myopia progression. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Higher frequency of financial reporting hinders corporate innovation
(City University London) Research shows that more regular financial reporting increases managerial myopia and stifles innovation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Six-Year MiSight contact lens study: 23% of eyes showed no additional myopia progression
(McDougall Communications) The latest findings from the long-running CooperVision MiSight 1 day clinical study provide new insights about myopia management and the proven efficacy of the specially designed contact lens. Nearly one in four children's eyes originally fit with MiSight 1 day remain stable for myopia after six years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Can Myopia Come Back After LASIK?
Title: Can Myopia Come Back After LASIK?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Eyesight General)
Source: MedicineNet Eyesight General - September 25, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: news
Multifocal contact lenses slow myopia progression in children
Children who wore multifocal contact lenses had slower progression of their myopia, or nearsightedness, over three years. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - August 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Contact Lenses May Slow Nearsightedness in Children
Children who wore high-power bifocal contacts had less worsening of myopia. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Eyes and Eyesight Contact Lenses Eyeglasses Source Type: news
Special Contact Lenses Can Help Curb Nearsightedness in Kids
THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 -- Kids suffering from nearsightedness can slow the progression of their myopia by using soft bifocal contact lenses, a new trial shows.
Bifocal contacts with a powerful corrective prescription slowed the progression of... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Bifocal Contact Lenses May Slow Children's Myopia Progression
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2020 -- Among children with myopia, treatment with high add power multifocal contact lenses reduces the rate of myopia progression over three years compared with medium add power multifocal and single-vision contact lenses,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 12, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Multifocal contact lenses slow myopia progression in children
NIH-funded clinical trial provides independent evidence that multifocal contact lenses reduce worsening nearsightedness. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - August 11, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Doctors warn of spike in short-sightedness caused by staring at screens to relieve boredom
Eye specialists from Singapore, Germany and Tokyo found that increased digital screen time is associated with the onset of myopia (short-sightedness). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Australia's Covid-19 response shows we can confront major crises. Threats to our planet should be next | Ian Chubb
During the pandemic, we saw ideological nonsense and prejudice mostly put aside – and we saw what we could accomplish when it wasCarl Sagan – one of my heroes and a scientist with a gift for communicating complex ideas in accessible ways – wrote back in 1994: “If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves … If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish tha n we are now, almost certainly we will have no future.”Clearly I don ’t know what he would write if he were alive today. But he could hardly say that in the intervening 26 years we ha...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Ian Chubb Tags: Climate change Biodiversity Environment Australian politics Australia news Conservation Wildlife Science Coronavirus outbreak Source Type: news
NovaSight raises $8 million in Series A financing to tackle vision disorders worldwide
The funding will advance research for eye treatment devices and assist in the development of future eye care products for myopia control. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - July 14, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
NovaSight raises $8 million Series A financing to tackle vision disorders worldwide
The funding will advance research for eye treatment devices and assist in the development of future eye care products for myopia control. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - July 14, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
