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The AAPOS Myopia Task Force welcomes the FDA's decision to convene an Advisory Committee to further evaluate low-dose atropine for pediatric progressive myopia.  We support a rigorous, science-based review process that includes fair-minded clinicians with substantial experience currently treating children with progressive myopia using contemporary myopia-control ...
By AAPOS Public Information Committee Can you feel that? The sun is out and the birds are back. Spring is here, and summer is on its way.   Going outside is great for your eyes! Natural light helps kids' eyes grow strong because sunlight triggers the release of dopamine in the retina. It also gives eyes a necessary break from ...
Read the article here.  By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson for   AMFM Magazine GRAMMY® award-winning keyboardist Casey Harris, best known as a founding member of the hit rock band X Ambassadors, has officially partnered with   Vision Through Music® , a groundbreaking program of the Children’s Eye Foundation of the American Association for ...

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