Myopia Management
New treatment launches to slow the increasing myopia epidemic
14th April 2021
Myopia is expected to affect 50% of the world population by 2050. In the UK, the amount of myopia has increased from 10% to 23% of children in the past 50 years. In the past year, we have noticed an i...
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Worried about your child’s eyesight?
08th March 2021
When most of us were growing up, it was simply a case of whether a child needed glasses or not. A short-sighted (myopic) child would be prescribed glasses, and each year they would likely require a st...
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Is homeschooling having a negative effect on your child’s vision?
28th January 2021
We’ve had several patients get in touch to say their children are complaining of sore eyes and headaches at the moment. Older children in particular, are spending many hours on screens whilst homesc...
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One patient’s myopia management journey
13th August 2019
Zara became Cameron Optometry’s 50th myopia management patient in early 2019. Referred from another optometrist, she was ten years old and already had a prescription of -4 which means she was relian...
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Cameron Optometry reaches Myopia Management milestone
01st August 2019
Encouraging news for the battle against increasing rates of short-sightedness in children Cameron Optometry is delighted to announce it now has over 50 patients using Myopia Management contact lense...
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Back to school eye examination
16th August 2018
We hope the start of the new term is going well for all who went back this week. Did you manage to get your child's eyes examined over the holidays? Children should have their eyes examined by an opto...
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Update: Our successful Myopia Management programme
24th May 2018
When we first wrote in our blog about Myopia Management over two years ago, it was all quite new. Cameron Optometry was one of the first optometrists in the UK to set up a Myopia Management programme ...
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Myopia Management: Gillian Bruce shares expertise
25th January 2018
Our clinical lead optometrist, Gillian Bruce, is regularly called upon to share her expertise in Myopia Management, reducing the progression of short-sightedness in children, in the UK and further afi...
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Myopia Management article by The Scotsman
11th December 2017
Article published on The Scotsman website on Thursday 23rd November 2017 Vision on: myopia care advance revealed Worrying numbers of children are becoming short-sighted. However, there are step...
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