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Breaking new ground, EssilorLuxottica’s Stellest lens is the first-ever spectacle lens clinically proven to slow myopia progression in children to receive the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) market authorisation.
A survey from the UK’s General Optical Council (GOC) indicates optometrists experiencing time or commercial pressures are more likely to report difficulties in providing patients with sufficient care.
Presented by the International Opticians Association (IOA) in collaboration with Silmo Paris, Blair Wong from the US is the 2025 winner of the International Optician of the Year Award, recognising how his extraordinary commitment and vision are advancing the profession.
US researchers found patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in lower-income groups were substantially less likely to achieve target intraocular pressure (IOP) reductions and more likely to d
A research consortium of more than 65 countries has launched Global RETFound, an initiative to develop the first globally representative artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model in medicine, usin
The 20 best workplaces in New Zealand have been named for 2025, with realestate.co.nz, Hilton, Cisco and Specsavers topping the list.
A photovoltaic retina implant has shown “clinically meaningful improvement” in vision for people with geographic atrophy from AMD, according to results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
University of Auckland researchers are investigating how New Zealand patients feel about and respond to ‘self-referrals’ when doctors refer patients to healthcare providers in which they have a financial stake.
After more than a decade, NZ Optics publishers Lesley Springall and Nick Griffiths have sold their business to Auckland-based media-business duo James Butcher and Stephen Old.
US researchers using a mouse model of cerebrovascular disease found retinal vascular imaging and phenotype can function as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), particularl
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