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Contact Lens Material Properties

January 31st, 2017

Andrew Pucker provides an overview of properties that can have an impact on the wearing experience [ Read More ]

Current information and trends in Myopia Control

November 14th, 2016

Download PDF Dr Paul Gifford consults with the contact lens industry on development of contact lens designs and their implementation into clinical practice. He is a partner in private practice conducting clinical research on use of contact lenses and orthokeratology to control progression of myopia, and holds an Adjunct Senior Lecturer position at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney. In the Treatise of Human Nature, published in 1739, David Hume observed that the more distant something is in time and space, the less we care about it. Although written in past times, the topic of myopia control taps into this interesting human paradox, as the failure to take effective action now does not present consequence until considerable time into the future. To investigate how sizeable this problem might become, researchers from the Brien Holden Vision Institute recently published a systematic review and meta-analysis on global prevalence of myopia and high myopia.1 Filtering through 4288 research articles on prevalence of refractive error or myopia the authors were left with 145 valid articles to form their analysis. Global prevalence of myopia was reported as 22.9% in 2000 rising to 28.3% in 2010. When projected forward to 2050 the authors predict that, at current trends, global prevalence of myopia will become 49.8%, with 9.8% of the global population being highly myopic (-6.00D or more). Even if we consider this data to be an over-estimate, it is safe to conclude that the prevalence of myopia is growing at an alarming rate. As … [ Read More ]

The link between nutrition and anterior eye health

September 6th, 2016

Laura Downie provides an overview of what you need to know about nutrition [ Read More ]

Is contact lens deposition good or bad?

June 25th, 2016

Lakshman Subbaraman explains the evidence which suggests that protein and lipid deposits may not be as bad as we once thought [ Read More ]

Revisiting rates of adverse events with various types of contact lenses

April 18th, 2016

Robin Chalmers revisits the safety profile of overnight wear [ Read More ]

Why aren’t we fitting everyone with daily disposables?

February 3rd, 2016

Nathan Efron challenges the assumption that these lenses are more expensive for consumers and explains their benefits with respect to health and safety [ Read More ]

Everything you wanted to know and were afraid to ask about Demodex

December 7th, 2015

Etty Bitton provides an overview of Demodex, including presentation, clinical evaluation and management strategies [ Read More ]

Contact lenses and microbes – latest innovations

October 28th, 2015

Mark Willcox and Mohit Verma provide an overview of products that support compliance by detecting or inhibiting microbial contamination. [ Read More ]

Targeted Patient Education for Young Adult Soft Contact Lens Wearers

August 26th, 2015

Heidi Wagner and Gina Sorbara provide an overview of what puts young adults at higher risk for contact lens-related complications [ Read More ]

Sports vision in practice?

June 17th, 2015

Kristine Dalton provides an overview of some fundamental concepts and starting points [ Read More ]

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