{"id":133514,"date":"2021-08-05T09:47:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T01:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=133514"},"modified":"2021-08-05T09:47:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T01:47:35","slug":"a-new-approach-to-dealing-with-shortsightedness-myopia-dry-eye-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=133514","title":{"rendered":"A New Approach To Dealing With Shortsightedness (Myopia) &#038; Dry Eye In Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Aug 5 (Bernama-PRNewswire) &#8212;<\/strong>&nbsp;VISTA Eye Specialist (VISTA) is one of the first among eyecare professionals in Malaysia to adopt an all-in-one diagnostic tool &#8211; the MYAH by Topcon, that offers the essential tools for shortsightedness (myopia) management and also as an evolving platform for dry eye management in children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Myopia is a growing health issue in Asia among school children &#8211; with rates showing 80% to 90% of East Asian<sup>[1]<\/sup>\u00a0young adults having myopia,&#8221; stresses Dr Mandy Cheong Moon Yee, Consultant Ophthalmologist at VISTA. &#8220;Many parents don&#8217;t realize the impact of shortsightedness is not limited to just glasses, but it exponentially increases the risks of eye diseases &#8211; such as glaucoma and retinal detachment.&#8221; The MYAH includes a reporting system that tracks myopia progression over time and analyses the data for the effectiveness of the treatment which allows the doctor to better manage the child&#8217;s myopia situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=40698\">http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=40698<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Aug 5 (Bernama-PRNewswire) &#8212;&nbsp;VISTA Eye Specialist (VISTA) is one of the first among eyecare professionals in Malaysia to adopt an all-in-one diagnostic tool &#8211; the MYAH by Topcon, that offers the essential tools for shortsightedness (myopia) management and also as an evolving platform for dry eye management in children. &#8220;Myopia is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[315],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133514"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}