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The 2019 annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) took place in Vancouver from April 28 - May 2. Due to US president Donald Trump’s travel ban on passport holders from several Muslim-majority countries affecting thousands of researchers across the globe, this
High hormone levels may cause a brain condition that can lead to blindness in women, reported researchers from the University of Birmingham.
The first Australian genetic testing clinic focused on patients with hereditary eye conditions has opened in Melbourne. Opening the new Ocular Genetics Service – a unique partnership between the Royal
Participants are being recruited for a New Zealand study aiming to identify which personal factors predict people’s response to two different diabetes drugs: vildagliptin and pioglitazone. The
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a white paper as the first step to a new regulatory framework for developing safe and effective medical devices using advanced artificial
Extended screen time is reducing the normal blink rate by 60%, contributing to dry eye syndrome, a doctor has said following office workers reporting concerns over screen time-related health issues. A
Patients implanted with an intra-corneal microlens in one eye showed significant improvement in near vision and little deterioration in distance vision in the same eye over six months, according to
Rutgers University researchers say smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage vision. A study, published in Psychiatry Research, looked at how participants discriminated contrast levels (subtle
Zeiss has unveiled what it says is the first digital microscope in ophthalmic surgery, and an all-in-one, high-resolution, ultra-widefield imaging device it says allows specialists to manage all
English punk-rock musician William Michael Albert Broad, better known as Billy Idol, experienced an eye scare in the early 1980s when his contacts fused with his corneas after shooting the video to his hit song, Eyes without a face. Idol wrote about the incident in his auto-biography Dancing with my
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation has announced a new fellowship for early-career researchers investigating uveitis or other inflammatory conditions.
Optometry Australia is claiming success in its campaign, Optometry matters, to get optometric issues onto the table ahead of the country’s upcoming general election. It says over 4,000 pieces of
