You’re never too old to have a vision
At last, after 4,000 generations of farmers plus one speechwriter, there's someone in our family working in the field of optical dispensing.
David Slack5 min read
Ophthalmology Comment
Banking on cornea advancements
This year’s highly successful 37th Cornea and Eye Bank Meeting was held over two stunning summer days at the Hilton Hotel in Auckland overlooking the bustling Waitemata Harbour.
Dr Simone Freundlich5 min read
Covid-19 in NZ: What about our patients?
In a very short space of time we have plunged into the unknown. Overnight our daily vocabulary has transformed to include Covid-19, PPE, ‘flattening the curve’, infection spikes, contamination,
Louise Wood5 min read
Collaboration, collegiality and cricket
This year’s Australia & New Zealand Glaucoma Society (ANZGS) meeting was held in the South Australian city of Adelaide. The magnificent Adelaide Oval Stadium was a much-approved choice of venue for the conference, particularly for those cricket fans among us, as it is the ‘home’ of the legendary
Dr Rahul Dwivedi4 min read
Merging Auckland ophthalmology
A new full-time regional coordinator is being sought to work out how best to merge Auckland’s ophthalmology services to remove disparities of care.
Lesley Springall3 min read
Allergic eye disease: itching to know more?
Allergic conjunctivitis is a common condition affecting approximately 30 to 40% of the population, depending on location.1-3 In the last decade there have been reports of significant increases in all
Dr Samantha Simkin8 min read
Which way now for our heroic public eye clinics?
The district health boards’ (DHBs) follow-up clinic performance figures to August 2019 have been released in response to an Official Information Act (OIA) request¹. They reveal that those waiting both 50% and 100% too long have more than doubled compared with last year’s figures².
Dr Mike Mair9 min read
Which low-dose atropine for myopia control?
Myopia is rapidly emerging as one of the biggest public health concerns of our generaon. More than 2.5 billion people have myopia globally. It is esmated that by 2050 about half the world’s population will be at risk of losing their sight due to serious myopia-related complications, like retinal
Dr Safal Khanal, with comment by Alex Petty, NZMAG7 min read
BOOK REVIEW: Contemporary Orthokeratology
In recent years there has been a resurgence in interest in orthokeratology. This clinical procedure involves the refractive reshaping of the cornea through overnight wear of a gas permeable contact lens.
Reviewed by Jagrut Lallu3 min read
Magic and myopia in Las Vegas
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
Alex Petty6 min read
Medical ship ahoy!
At the age of 15, I visited a medical Mercy Ship and from that day on I knew I was going to serve on one. So, when then the opportunity came, I jumped at the chance, which is how I found myself onboard the YWAM (Youth with a Mission) PNG Mercy Ship in late 2019.
Stephanie Wallen4 min read
Sharing the load, safely
One of the world’s most prestigious eye hospitals and ophthalmology training excellence, Moorfields in London, is poised to release further data on the success of its paramedical intravitreal (IVT) injection training programme and practice.
Lesley Springall7 min read