Pediatrics

Two new studies add to the growing evidence that time spent outdoors helps reduce the risk of myopia in children.

Get ready for patients to present with allergy complaints due to this year's severe spring allergy season.

Oregon looks to require all children to undergo vision screening before entering school

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) announced final regulations that require the pediatric vision essential health benefit to be a yearly eye exam with materials for millions of children in this country.

You might be reluctant to fit more children in contact lenses because you think it's difficult and time-consuming.

Understanding the features of the different types of pediatric nystagmus is the basis for determining the etiology of the problem and counseling parents about the need for further evaluation, possible treatments, and their child's prognosis.

A number of topical medications commonly prescribed by optometrists may place the fetus at risk when the patient is pregnant or may be passed on to the infant when the mother is nursing.

Visual acuity and amblyopia can be improved by refractive correction and patching in children with unilateral amblyopia.

Children's vision-related quality of life is better with contact lenses than glasses, especially in the areas of athletics, appearance and satisfaction with correction.

When working with pediatric low vision patients, it's important to assess what the accommodative demand will be for each individual, and strive to make each child as visually independent as possible.

Results from randomized, controlled clinical trials have provided guidance for the treatment of pediatric amblyopia.

Optometrists may be reluctant to take on infants and toddlers as patients because they think that examining and treating these youngest of patients require special skills.

Children who went from single-vision distance spectacles to soft bifocal contact lenses with distance centers reported quality of life improvements after 1 month of contact lens wear.

Bepotastine besilate ophthalmic solution 1.5% is safe and well-tolerated in healthy children as young as 3 years of age, according to results from a new study.

Dennis Burger, OD, FAAO, specializes in custom contact lenses for adults and a large number of pediatric patients.

Children who begin wearing contact lenses for myopic correction benefit with significantly greater improvements in self-perception compared with their counterparts who wear glasses.

A comprehensive evaluation of visual development is important for any child affected by an autism spectrum disorder to determine the child's visual abilities and potential interventions.

Bepotastine besilate ophthalmic solution 1.5% is safe and well-tolerated in healthy children as young as 3 years of age, according to results from a new study.

Get a closer look at integrative pediatric medicine, its roots and its potential impact on the future of pediatric optometry.

Healthy vision is vital for success in life, and it all begins with regular vision screenings during childhood-or it should. The level of inadequate vision care for children in the United States is significant.

The Adolescent and Child Health Initiative to Encourage Vision Empowerment (ACHIEVE) study gives credibility to the life benefits of prescribing contact lenses to children.