Multifocal contact lenses for myopia control in teenagers show sustained benefits post-discontinuation, with no rebound effect in axial elongation or myopia progression. The BLINK2 study involved ...

After participants switched from multifocal to single-vision contact lenses, axial elongation increased by 0.03 mm per year (95% CI, 0.01 to 0.05) regardless of their original BLINK treatment ...

Results showed no evidence that the treatment effect declined, and myopia progression then continued at age-expected rates. "We want doctors to understand that you don't lose the benefits that you ...

An optometrist is concerned more children are now at risk of getting myopia or short-sightedness, due to the increase in daily screen-time. A Specsavers survey had found more than half of parents aren ...

Ten-year-old Ethan suddenly developed myopia, and it quickly got worse. But where once children like Ethan had to rely on increasingly stronger lenses, his vision was stabilised with the use of ...

Currently, the ASAS classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis are used for most research studies. 8,81 The criteria are intended for patients experiencing chronic back pain with an onset ...

The primary outcome measures included observed changes in the progression of myopia, assessed using cycloplegic spherical equivalent refraction and axial length from month 24 to month 36.

After 2 years of 0.01% atropine therapy, 12 months of 0.05% atropine can effectively slow myopia progression and axial eye growth. Participants of a 3-year study who used 0.01% atropine for 2 years ...

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Indeed, in kids, we can see myopia coming and do something about it. Throughout young life, the eye grows in axial length as the body grows — a natural process. When the eye grows to about 23 mm ...