New York Myopia Control

Volumes of literature regarding the understanding of myopia development and potential methods to control its progression.

3D MRI images of the globe. A. 3D images are created by volume rendering based on T2-weighed image of MRI. Then, the images of the eye are extracted. B and C. 3D MRI images of an emmetropic eye. The emmetropic eye is spherical and symmetric in the images viewed from the inferior (B) and nasal (C) positions. D through F. 3D images of the eye with pathologic myopia and posterior staphyloma. Outpouching of the posterior segment, suggesting staphyloma, is observed in the images viewed from inferior (D), nasal (E), and back positions. (F)

• Do Smartphones Hurt Our Eyes by Causing Shortsightedness?
• Children and Screens
• Increasing Screen Time During the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Accelerate Childhood Myopia
• Children's viewing behavior with mobile devices may affect myopia development
• Too much screen time linked to an epidemic of myopia among young people
• Use of Orthokeratology for the Prevention ofMyopic Progression in children Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Orthokeratology for myopia control: an optometrist’s view Helen A. Swarbrick
• The Safety of Orthokeratology—A Systematic Review
• Myopia So Far

2024

Four-Year Progression of Myopic Maculopathy in Children and Adolescents With High Myopia

2020

Digital Screen Time During COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk for a Further Myopia Boom?

Myopic Maculopathy: What Is It and How Is It Treated?

Author: Xiaoying Zhu, OD, PhD, MD, MS, FAAO
Journal: Eye & Contact Lens: Science & Clinical Practice: May 14, 2020
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