Category Archives: Myopia Management Blogs

A new study published in the Lancet Digital Health, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has revealed a link between screen time and higher risk and severity of myopia, or nearsightedness, in children and young adults. With increasing rates of myopia seen around the globe, it is predicted that by the year 2050 about […]

Why Healthy Sleep Pattern is Important? Healthy sleep patterns are very important for child development. Sleep plays a critical role in learning and memory, emotional regulation, and related brain structure development. Poor sleep or not enough sleep affects concentration, memory, and behavior. Children who don’t sleep well are more likely to feel sleepy at school […]

Over the last several blogs we have discussed some different methods of myopia control including the Miyosmart lenses in glasses, Misight contact lenses and Ortho-K contact lenses. The final technique of myopia management is with atropine  eye drops. Atropine is a prescription eye drop that when used at low concentrations has been demonstrated to slow […]

As Optometrists, it’s very rewarding to be able to help a child to improve their vision so that they can see well to do their best not only in school but in all aspects of their lives. But having good vision and eye health is about more than being able to read the small line […]

Glasses have long been the cornerstone of myopia correction. However, instead of just correcting for blurry distance vision we can now prescribe glasses that can not only provide clear vision but also actively slow down the progression of nearsightedness. The Miyosmart lenses are a revolutionary spectacle lens designed by Hoya to help reduce the progression […]