Hi Tom,
I think you are doing excellent academic research on your compendium. You might submit your ideas to this conference for 2014. Here are some topics you should include in your book.
http://www.clspectrum.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=105665Previous conference on myopia prevention - FYI:
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From: Berkeley Optometry Alumni Office <optoalumni@...
Subject: REMINDER: 2013 Translational Research Conference, August 17th &
18th
Date: July 26, 2013
Don't forget to register for the 2013 UC Berkeley Clinical Translational
Research Conference Series on Myopia in August - Saturday, 8/17 and Sunday,
8/18! REGISTER NOW
http://www.berkeleyclinicaltranslation.org QUESTIONS: What do you know about controlling myopia progression & managing high myopia?
1. Did you know that CRT (ortho-k) can slow myopia progression in
children, measured in terms of axial length changes, by about 50%?
2. Did you know that some concentric bifocal soft contact lenses that
are already approved for presbyopia, can also reduce myopia progression by
about 50%?
3. Did you know that the human choroid can thicken (just as in
chickens), when eyes are exposed acutely to myopic defocus (e.g., wearing
plus lenses), leading to an apparent shrinkage of axial length and
reduction in myopia?
4. Did you know that topical atropine in a very low concentration more
in keeping with homeopathy practice, with only small, short-lived effects
on pupil size and accommodation, can slow myopia progression by about the
same amount as the above contact lenses?
5. Did you know that a new drug, 7-methylxanthine (in a totally new
class, adenosine analog), has already been approved for use as an ORAL
tablet to control myopia progression in children in Denmark?
6. Did you know spending time outdoors helps to slow myopia progression
and lowers the risk of becoming myopic, although they reason for this
protective effect is not well understood?
7. Did you know that ~96% of ALL young adult males in Seoul, South
Korea, are now myopic, arguing that genes are likely more a determinant of
susceptibility than an absolute determinant of myopia?
8. Do you know that very long, highly myopic eyes become mechanically
unstable and thus will show myopia progression, despite intervention with
improvements in visual hygiene and/or optical interventions, thereby
requiring more invasive and risky intervention with scleral buckles
inserted under general anesthesia?
9. Did you know that all myopes carry an increased risk of retinal
detachment, maculopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma, and it is only the
relative risk that changes with the amount of myopia?
10. Do you know that the parents of myopic children are frequently
better informed about the causes of myopia progression and potential new
treatments that the clinicians they consult?
If "I don't know" was your answer to any of these questions, turn over
to learn how to register for the above conference, which should be a "must
attend" for you.
In it's seventh year, this annual campus-based event will host
world-renowned myopia researchers from overseas, including Professors Ian
Filtcroft, MD, from Dublin's Children's University Hospital in Ireland;
Audrey Chia, FRANZCO, from the National University of Singapore; Michael
Collins, OD, PhD, from Queensland University of Technology in Australia; as
well as US-based Professors Earl Smith, OD, PhD, from University of Houston
College of Optometry; Jay Neitz, PhD, from University of Washington,
Seattle; Jeff Walline, OD, PhD, from Ohio State University and Robert
Wojciechowski, PhD, from Johns Hopkins University. To get the full scoop on
the speakers, click here.
http://www.berkeleyclinicaltranslation.orgCE credit will be offered: 9 (3+6) hours, including one hour TPA (all on
Sunday)
REGISTER NOW
http://www.berkeleyclinicaltranslation.org Following closely on the heels of this event is the 14th International
Myopia Conference, this year also being hosted by UC Berkeley myopia
researchers. This conference will take place August 19-22 at Asilomar
Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA.
For more information, please contact Christine Wildsoet at
wildsoet@... or call 510-643-4472.
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