AOA 2025: Companies sport their innovations at the Innovation Hub

Published on July 15, 2025
Nora Lee Cothran, OD, FAAO, moderated an Innovation Hub panel that featured 3 companies, giving insights into what's to come in the optometric industry.
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Meibomian Gland Loss Prevalent in Healthy, Asymptomatic Children

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An analysis of 35 studies found that on average, 46% of healthy children (no underlying medical conditions) demonstrated MG loss, though it’s uncertain whether these changes indicate potential progression to MGD or dry eye disease. Photo: Kambiz Silani, OD. Click image to enlarge. While most research on meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) focuses on adults, the condition remai

Curbing myopia onset in children with diversified segmental defocus optimization lenses

July 15, 2025
The primary study outcomes were the cumulative incidence rate of myopia, with myopia defined as a SER −0.50 D or less and the percentage of participants who had a fast myopic shift that was defined as a spherical equivalent myopic shift of 0.50 D or greater over the course of 1 year.