
Medal win in Melbourne
This year’s winner of the H Barry Collin Research Medal, Professor Erica Fletcher, is only the second woman to receive the award in its 41-year history. The Melbourne-based optometrist and
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This year’s winner of the H Barry Collin Research Medal, Professor Erica Fletcher, is only the second woman to receive the award in its 41-year history. The Melbourne-based optometrist and

Subtitled specs have been developed by researchers at Auckland Bioengineering Institute to allow hearing-impaired people to watch any movie at any cinema and never miss a word.The Vivify headset,

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Consumers risk damaging their eyesight by buying lenses from online retailers selling one type of lens only, warns Optometry Australia. Chief Clinical Officer Luke Arundel warned consumers against

Essilor and the royal government of Bhutan have officially launched their partnership to make Bhutan the first country in the world to eradicate poor vision with the delivery of an initial 10,000

Standing on tiptoes could become a thing of the past for the vertically-challenged thanks to British designer Dominic Wilcox’s invention - periscope glasses.“I was standing at a gig and saw a small

Moorfields has launched a consultation to give patients and the public a say on plans to move the hospital to a new facility in central London. The so-called Oriel proposal suggests building an

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and National Boards have launched a video to help health practitioners through the stress of receiving a notification from the regulator.A

The world’s first centre dedicated to exploring the eye-brain link to detect neurological disease has been opened at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. The Annesley EyeBrain Centre will explore