I set up a new independent optometry practice earlier this year. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy, but I was confident my clinical experience, business education and management experience as a
In the two years since the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society second Dry Eye Workshop (TFOS DEWS II) reports were published, most would agree that dry eye disease (DED) is closer to reaching household
Inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of dry eye disease (DED)1,2, most notably in conditions such as Sjögren’s syndrome. However, in meibomian gland disease, considered the most
It’s been full steam ahead for the Ocular Surface Laboratory (OSL) this year in the wake of TFOS DEWS II, ably assisted by Dr Alex Muntz, who joined the team in 2018. Research in the lab has continued
Virtually all patients encounter streams of salty water coursing down their cheeks early in life and don’t realise they have more than one type of tears. More widely recognised, reflex tears serve as
After many years of preparation, a dedicated dry eye clinic at the Montreal School of Optometry was inaugurated in 2012, a first within a North American Optometry school. Beginning with only half a
Eye care practitioners are well aware that medications for patients with ocular surface disease need to be proven safe through clinical trials. They probably also assume, like their patients, that
The jungles of Borneo are the destination for next year’s specialist study trip by Jon Baines Tours, which provides eye-related education amid exotic travel experiences.Home to at least 26 indigenous
July 2019 marked the evolution and merger of ODMA and the SRC conference into O=Mega, complete with trade fair, clinical lectures, dispensing master classes and all the social stuff. The conference
IMAGE CAPTION|Attending the AUSCRS Lord of the Rings gala dinner. Credit: Sam Boden Photography
The following is a response from the Southern Cross Health Society to an edited version of an article first penned by Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ) about its concerns regarding funding for
An urgent overhaul of the New Zealand health system to remedy current inequalities of care is being called for in a University of Auckland-led critique published in The Lancet.Professor Felicity