Monday round-up: November 2, 2009

Humor and patching – at Insights, a sweet post about her daughter’s sense of humor around patching. Interview about Corneal Reshaping – Dr. Bonilla-Warford (Bright Eyes News) has an interview with Dr. Despotitis, an author and Doctor of Optometry who specializes in Orthokeratology (corneal reshaping – I wrote about it here).  He has written aContinue reading “Monday round-up: November 2, 2009”

method of slowing the progression of nearsightedness in children shows promise (SMART Trial)

I just ran across a press release today announcing promising early results of a study named the Stabilization of Myopia by Accelerated Reshaping Technique (SMART) Trial –  The study is a five-year trial of a treatment called overnight orthokeratology (also known as corneal refractive therapy or vision shaping treatment).  In this treatment, patients wear aContinue reading “method of slowing the progression of nearsightedness in children shows promise (SMART Trial)”