Myopia

The Professor James Wolffsohn episode

In this episode of The OT Podcast, we speak to Professor James Wolffsohn

Practitioner stories

1 day ago

Optometrist Kathryn Webber seated at a diagnostic imaging machine in an optometry examination room, operating the equipment using its control panel

University of Bradford myopia management clinic celebrates a decade of patient care

Patients

04 Nov

A mother holds her child while standing on grassy sand dunes by the beach

Australian survey explores parental attitudes towards myopia prevention

Research

02 Nov

An open office door reveals a quiet desk space with a laptop half open

Learnings for the whole practice team

AOP

08 Oct

Blink Frames for continuous ocular health monitoring

Continuous monitoring using smart eyewear

Research

07 Oct

A young girl wearing spectacles is photographed, smiling hopefully upwards, against a blue-green background

Supplier insight

How can practices approach myopia management advances?

Products

02 Oct 5 min read

Winner of best overall talk at the British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science, Claire Nollett

Eight insights from BCOVS

Research

17 Sep 14 min read

Prototype eyewear incorporating indigo light designed by startup company Electric Indigo

Study finds indigo light suppresses myopia in tree shrews

Research

03 Sep

A young girl laughs, she wears red spectacles

SightGlass Vision pass 2m wearers of myopia control lens

Products

25 Aug

A child plays with a toy astronaut and rocket

NICE consults on draft low-dose atropine guidance

NHS and health

13 Aug

A practitioner performing an eye examination for a child

Bayfields deploys mEye Suite

On the High Street

13 Aug

A young girl on a swingset. She is wearing glasses with a pink rim

Survey explores parental understanding of myopia

Patients

13 Aug

A child wearing glasses plays with toy dinosaurs

In conversation with Dr Natalia Vlasak about the Miyosmart iQ spectacle lens

Research

12 Aug 5 min read

A child plays in a playground

Study: young people receiving anti-inflammatory treatment develop myopia later

Research

05 Aug

A boy stands against a wall with a height cart on it

A growth chart for the eye?

Research

24 Jul

A birds-eye-view of a man attending a virtual meeting, with notebooks in front of him. He types with one hand and holds a cup of tea in the other

Myopia management updates webinar recordings now live

AOP

23 Jul

Deven wears a suit and stands by a floral arrangement in the shape of spectacles

Myopia Focus welcomes optometrist to advisory committee

Practitioner stories

22 Jul

Jonathan Cohen in a navy suit stands at the front of a room of tiered seating welcoming attendees to the event. A projected screen in the background states Sensei Innovation Centre

Independent practitioners gather at Japan House London for Hoya event

Products

21 Jul 7 min read

Marion Wolff

The view from France: providing myopia management in clinical practice

Research

16 Jul

Children line up outside a classroom in Taiwain

More than half of Taiwanese five-year-olds myopic or pre-myopic

Research

01 Jul

The silhouette of delegates before the stage at Optometry Tomorrow

The evolution of optometry in Wales

NHS and health

18 Jun

A young couple sit together in a summery terrace surrounded by plants and shurbs. Both wear neutrals in beige, browns, and khaki. Both wear sunglasses

Latest launches

Tech-forward launches

Products

05 Jun

The Welsh flag

In focus

A focus on prevention in Wales

NHS and health

05 Jun 9 min read

100% Optical

Rows of attentively listening audiences look towards the stage where a man presents on the new company Cascader. The stage is branded as 100 percent optical

Five key topics from 100% Optical 2026

AOP

05 Jun

A portrait photo of a girl wearing glasses

Myopia in the spotlight with Dr Monica Jong

Research

02 Jun 8 min read

Three children play with coloured shapes on a table

New study examines best approach to stopping atropine treatment

Research

27 May

A hand holds up a lens to the camera. An exhibition stand is blurred in the background. In the centre of the lens can just be made out some circular lines

Myopia management evolution with Stellest 2.0

Products

21 May

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An older man stands looking out a window

Tadalafil use associated with higher risk of glaucoma

Research

18 Aug

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

Sameer and Hannah pose during a sight test. Sameer has turned to the camera. With one hand he holds the control for a slit lamp, and with the other he holds a volk lens up to Hannah’s eye

An optometrist saved my life

Hannah Mockler: “I could have been left with permanent damage to my vision”

Practitioner stories

16 Oct

A toddler leans against a sofa holding a toy truck. One of his eyes is glowing with a white circle

An optometrist saved my life

“I knew straightaway that this was something that needed to be seen urgently”

Patients

20 Aug 5 min read

Most popular across Myopia

A child plays with a toy astronaut and rocket

NICE consults on draft low-dose atropine guidance

NHS and health

13 Aug

Winner of best overall talk at the British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science, Claire Nollett

Eight insights from BCOVS

Research

17 Sep 14 min read

A young girl on a swingset. She is wearing glasses with a pink rim

Survey explores parental understanding of myopia

Patients

13 Aug

Prototype eyewear incorporating indigo light designed by startup company Electric Indigo

Study finds indigo light suppresses myopia in tree shrews

Research

03 Sep

A practitioner performing an eye examination for a child

Bayfields deploys mEye Suite

On the High Street

13 Aug

Chosen for you

Exterior of De Montfort University’s Hawthorn Building, home to the university’s Health and Life Sciences faculty

De Montfort’s new optometry degree: increasing eye care accessibility in diverse communities in the East Midlands

Students and pre-regs

29 Oct 10 min read 3

Prime Minister Andy Burnham Budget meeting with John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 10 Downing Street

Increases to small business rate relief and national minimum wage announced in Budget

Government and regulation

29 Oct

A woman injects a weight-loss medication into her abdomen

An ophthalmic surgeon on how weight-loss drugs affect eye health

NHS and health

02 Nov

Two co-workers engaged in a business review, examining documents on a laptop screen in a professional setting

GOC testing of sight proposals raise “fundamental concerns,” AOP says

AOP

29 Oct 2

A road at night with cars on lined with street lights

Drivers continue to struggle with headlight glare, new research reports

Government and regulation

28 Oct