🚨 Just Released: The 2025 Myopia Consensus Statement - Interventions To Slow The Progression Of Myopia. ✅ Global input ✅ Evidence-based strategies ✅ Appendix on emerging technologies 🔗Access Here: wspos.org/myopia-consensus-s… #EyeHealth #MyopiaManagement #Myopia

When treating amblyopia, should glasses & patching start together or one at a time? 🤔 A trial shows both improve visual acuity, but early glasses may boost stereoacuity! Read the @EyeNewsMag review: eyenews.uk.com/reviews/journ…

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🎉 Congrats to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Their groundbreaking work in optogenetics is transforming neuroscience and eye care. 👁️✨ Read more: eyewire.news/news/2026-nobel… Via @EyewireNews

📣 Abstract Submission is OPEN for #WCPOSVI! Share your research in paediatric ophthalmology & strabismus at the 6th World Congress. 📅 13–15 May 2027 📍 Cancun, Mexico #SOPLA ⏰ Abstract Deadline: 15 Dec 2026 👉 Submit your abstract: wcpos2027.org

👁️ From Consensus to Clinical Practice @OphthoMag looks at how the WSPOS Myopia Consensus Statement has helped shape the conversation around childhood myopia and where implementation still needs to catch up. 🔗 theophthalmologist.com/issue… #Myopia #PaediatricOphthalmology

A few highlights from WSPOS x EURETINA Paediatric Retina Day in Vienna! 🌟 It was amazing to unite paediatric ophthalmology & retina experts. Thanks to @EURETINA and everyone who contributed! 📸 Two societies. One vision. Better outcomes for children. #PaediatricOphthalmology

Can accommodative function help spot kids at higher risk of #myopia progression during orthokeratology? A study found lower monocular accommodative measures linked to greater axial elongation. More research needed! 📈👀 Read the study: ovid.com/jnls/claojournal/fu…

Bridging Subspecialties for Global Impact: Inaugural WSPOS X EURETINA Paediatric Retina Day Debuts Today. euretinacongressdaily.org/br…

👁️ Almost there! Tomorrow, we kick off WSPOS × EURETINA Paediatric Retina Day in Vienna! 📅 3 Oct 2026 | 📍 VIECON, Vienna View the programme - wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p… 💻 Can’t join us in person? Virtual tickets are available! 🌍

🌍 Only one week to go until #WorldSightDay2026! Join @WSPOS on 8 October 2026 in supporting @IAPB1’s global #LoveYourEyes campaign.💙👶✨ ▶️ iapb.world/world_sight_day

Will we see you in Vienna this weekend? 👁️ WSPOS Regular In-Person/Virtual: €100 🎓 WSPOS Trainee/Nurse In-Person/Virtual: €50 Already registered for the full EURETINA Congress? Paediatric Retina Day is included! Register Today: wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p… @EURETINA

New research suggests that subretinal fluid identified in otherwise healthy infants does not appear to be associated with adverse visual outcomes. Read more: aao.org/education/editors-ch… 📰 Via AAO – Editors’ Choice

Will we see you in Vienna this weekend? 👁️ WSPOS Regular In-Person/Virtual: €100 🎓 WSPOS Trainee/Nurse In-Person/Virtual: €50 Already registered for the full EURETINA Congress? Paediatric Retina Day is included! Register Today: wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p… @EURETINA

Can specialized spectacle lenses slow childhood myopia? A study in JAMA Ophthalmology showed kids (6-12) wearing these lenses had less myopia progression: −0.25 D vs. −0.90 D and axial elongation: 0.21 mm vs. 0.45 mm. Findings add to existing research. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

🔦 Session 5 Spotlight | Innovations - When Science Meets the Clinic The final session looks towards emerging science, technology and innovation. 📅 3 October | Vienna ⏰ Session 5: 16:45–17:45 View the full programme: wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p…

Virtual reality for myopia control shows promise! A small trial with 120 kids (6-12) found daily home-based VR training combined with spectacles resulted in less axial elongation than spectacles alone. No adverse events reported @JAMAOphthalmology 27 Aug jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us in London for WSPOS Subspecialty Day! We loved seeing your photos. Check out the gallery: wspos.org/wspos-subspecialty… Next stop: Cancún, Mexico for WCPOS VI, 13–15 May 2027. Abstract submission & registration are OPEN! wcpos2027.org/

🔦 Session 3 Spotlight |Focus on Retinopathy of Prematurity 👶 From screening and research to surgery and new approaches to predicting disease, Session 3 of WSPOS × EURETINA Paediatric Retina Day takes a broad look at ROP. wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p…

👁️ What can you expect from WSPOS × EURETINA? A programme dedicated to the challenges, advances and evolving approaches shaping paediatric retinal care. From diagnosis and imaging to treatment and surgery. 📅 3 October 2026 📍 Vienna wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p… @EURETINA

🔦 Session 2 Spotlight | Paediatric Surgical Retina Expert insights on key surgical challenges in paediatric retinal practice! 🗓️ 3 Oct | Vienna 🕚 11:30–12:30 Moderated by Audina Berrocal & Wei-Chi Wu. Register: wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p… Full programme: wspos.org/wspos-x-euretina-p…