Scientific and industrial innovators have responded to the threat posed by myopia. We now have a rapidly increasing range of treatments available which have been shown to delay myopia onset, reduce or eliminate the progression of myopia in some children and thereby reduce the risk...
The same report states that “Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by a loss of homeostasis of the tear film, and accompanied by ocular symptoms, in which tear film instability and hyperosmolarity, ocular surface inflammation and damage, and neurosensory abnormalities...
According to a recent meta-analysis of published studies, approximately 11% of COVID-19 patients have exhibited direct ocular effects (1). Typically, the complications appear to be relatively mild and short-term. ...
Ransomware is to data as Glaucoma is to Optometry. One steals away data as the other steals away sight. Ransomware, a type of malware that threatens to perpetually block access to a victim’s data unless a ransom is paid, affects everything from small businesses right...
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has had an immediate and dramatic impact on eye care. Even now, more than a year since the emergence of this public health crisis, Covid-19 continues to overwhelm healthcare systems and resources around the globe....
In 20 years, will optometry as we know it exist? Will there be a role for optometry, and how will it be delivered?...
The global prevalence of myopia has reached unprecedented levels and current projections indicate that about half of the world’s population, 5 billion people, will be myopic by 2050....
Over two millennia ago, Aristotle (350BC) first coined the term myopia. He was likely describing the “closed eye” appearance of those squinting as a means to overcome their characteristically impaired distance vision...
Eyecare practitioners gather vast amounts of patient data during consultations. This data represents a significant untapped resource which can be used to answer both research questions and to allow individual practitioners to provide better outcomes for their patients...
