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For years, Orthokeratology Society of Oceania (OSO) conferences have enjoyed a reputation for being scientific and cutting edge, yet still embracing an exciting and unique social element where sometimes the best take-home clinical pearls are gleaned over an evening beverage. So, after a half-decade
Roughly one year ago, the nation and the world were catapulted into our brand-new world of Covid-19 lockdown and home confinement. Fears began to surface regarding potential health issues such as an increased risk of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and mental health challenges. From an eyecare pers
What a turbulent year 2020 has been for health! We have bravely rallied against invisible viral pathogens, survived the eczema-inducing deluge of alcohol-based hand sanitiser and remained relatively sane despite the monotony of lockdown. However, one disease that we have not conquered here in New Ze
I have been offering ortho-k to patients for about a decade and I am still impressed by what this modality has to give.
A lighter look from a fictional optometrist’s perspective of the Covid-19 lockdown experience...
I recently returned from a week on the West Coast of USA, primarily in Las Vegas, for the Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) held in January each year. Fortunately the boss was kind enough to give me an extra five days off before the conference began to explore: I cruised historic Route 66, was
For anyone who has followed these specialty contact lens articles over time you will have noticed a conspicuous lack of mention of the dominant segment of the contact lens market - soft lenses. The
Last year, I gave an account of my personal sob-story of rampant myopia and discussed how modern day orthokeratology (ortho-k) contact lenses can be modified to potentially improve their myopia control effect through smaller diameter aspheric optics. This year, I thought I would explore some of the
Specialty CL Forum At the end of last year, I was fortunate enough to receive the Cornea and Contact Lens Society (CCLS) Scholarship and so embarked on an educational trip to learn more about the
As contact lens fitters, too often we find ourselves fixated over obtaining the very best visual results for our patients. These days we can specify a dizzying array of toric powers and axes into our soft daily lenses. We can incorporate spherical aberration correction and multifocal optics into our
Adjoining the consulting room of my specialty practice, Bay Eye Care, is an office shared by a clinical psychologist and a private psychiatrist. Fortunately, none of my patients are yet to require
At the tender age of nine I developed a blinding eye disease. This bombshell was dropped on my world at my first eye examination in 1996. My optometrist at the time was quick to point out that my