Early in my business career I learned to endure strategic planning sessions. These came complete with those dreaded modern-day instruments of torture, the white board, butchers paper and, wait for it …post it notes. We spent an eternity discussing, what seemed to me to be, ambiguous and ephemeral co
Preventing childhood visual impairment is a priority of the World Health Organisation’s “Vision 2020 - The Right to Sight” due to the high emotional, social and economic cost for the individual and the wider community. Many causes of childhood visual impairment are preventable. Ocular screening prog
Kiwi eye health professionals took to the airwaves in October adding their voice to the call for governments on both sides of the ditch to ban eyeball tattooing, following yet another patient horror story. Auckland ophthalmology training registrar Dr Zak Prime and New Zealand Association of Optomet
Risk factors For rapid glaucoma disease progression; Virtual clinics in glaucoma care: face-to-face versus remote decision-making; Risk of visual field progression in glaucoma patients with progressive retinal nerve fibre layer thinning.
After the Christchurch earthquakes, a paper titled, ‘Disorientated and immobile: the experiences of people with visual impairments during and after the Christchurch, NZ 2010 and 2011 earthquakes” appeared in the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, written by Dr Gretchen Good, Dr Suzanne Phib
In conjunction with the University of Auckland’s Ocular Surface team, led by Associate Professor Jennifer Craig, and their international collaborators, dry eye is being investigated as part of the
Infestation of the eyelash follicles and meibomian glands with Demodex mites is emerging as a significant cause of blepharitis. This article reviews key aspects of Demodex biology and pathogenesis, as
For many years, blepharitis and dry eye disease (DED) have been thought to be two distinct diseases, and evaporative dry eye distinct from aqueous insufficiency. Consider the "Chicken-and-egg", a
Perhaps I’m writing this article from the future, but I should really be writing this from the past as this is not a new debate for Chalkeyes, but one which has occupied both sides of this industry for far, far too long, yet still nothing has happened! Recent media coverage has highlighted the back
Visual testing may prove to be the most reliable, portable and easiest test to implement in schools and amateur sports for concussion, say researchers. This is the theory being tested by a new study
Those of us who knew Gordon Sanderson well, will be able to recall many times we shared with him that were both special and unique. I have been surprised by the number of conversations, emails and the
The late David Bowie’s eyes appeared heterochromic, however he actually had anisocoria due to an injury. At age 14, Bowie and his life-long friend, artist George Underwood, were both seeking the affection of the same girl, which ended in a competitive scrap and Underwood punching Bowie in the eye wi
