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Eye health won big in this year’s edition of the Spark 5G Starter Fund challenge, with oDocs Eye Care and Objective Acuity securing a share of $625,000 alongside two other innovative New Zealand businesses.
Specsavers and the Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand have partnered with renowned Samoan-New Zealand artist Fatu Feu’u to raise funds from the sale of two limited edition frames, featuring Feu’u’s artwork, to help end avoidable blindness in the Pacific.
Featuring top-notch speakers from Korea and around the world, the Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society (APTOS) 2020 online, one-day conference on 12 December will showcase clinical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in telemedicine and teleophthalmology’s role in bringing together physi
Australian biopharmaceutical company PolyActiva announced it has successfully completed its Phase I clinical study on its lead glaucoma treatment candidate, the Latanoprost FA SR Ocular Implant. The
Eyebrain Medical reported that 93% of patients responded positively to their novel Neurolenses, offering relief from digital eye strain. The California-based company recently raised more
US researchers suggest measurable pupillary light reflex (PLR) metrics are enhanced in adolescent sport-related concussion and may serve as a fast, portable, objective physiologic biomarker for concussion.
Two out of three Kiwis aren’t aware the sun can permanently damage their eyes, new research has revealed. The YouGov report, commissioned by Specsavers, found that while 93% of New Zealanders are
An innovative Florida man has developed a novel robotic insertion and removal device for scleral lens wearers with dexterity issues. The robot is the brainchild of scleral
Indigenous Australians are accessing eye health services in greater numbers, with nearly one in three using eye health services, and one in seven having an eye examination by an optometrist or
The Parisian luxury eyewear firm, Maison Nathalie Blanc, has launched its first collection for men, Monsieur Blanc, with a campaign featuring Hugo Marchand, the principal dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet.
A survey of more than 5,000 contact lens wearers has revealed some of the deeper, more emotional benefits people gain from wearing contact lenses (CLs), highlighting an opportunity to
Children who go to sleep late are more susceptible to both myopia onset and progression, a new study has found. “Sleeping late and waking up late, along with known risk factors, namely urban living