In 2014 I was in my final year overseas preceptorship, shadowing a middle-aged male optometrist. The patient was a lady in her forties. He was on the slit lamp. “Hmm… do you see that?” he asked me. “Madarosis. Could be an autoimmune cause. We need to send her for a blood workup. What tests would you
Drug-Induced Ocular Side Effects (eighth edition) is the latest edition of a popular ocular toxicology manual by Frederick T Fraunfelder, professor emeritus at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and founder of the National Registry of Drug-Induced Ocular Side Effects; and Frederick W Fraunf
Recently MyHealth1st ran the first of its free masterclass webinars, designed to help healthcare practitioners grow and thrive in the post-Covid world. Hosted by Jodie Green, head of customer success at MyHealth1st, this inaugural webinar featured talks by MyHealth1st’s marketing manager Will Willia
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is thought to be experienced by around 58% of the population. It’s a physical response to visual and auditory stimuli, often described by those who experience it as ‘tingles’, usually in the back of the scalp and spine. For those who are unfamiliar with th
By 2050, the number of people over 65 will have tripled worldwide and around one in three living at home will have at least one fall per year, according to the UK’s National Health Service. At the Vision Institute in Paris, Emmanuel Gutmann has developed a unique platform, called StreetLab, to repro
February 2020 saw the first cases of Covid-19 appear in New Zealand. Over the following weeks borders were gradually closed and, as we know, New Zealand went into lockdown in the last week of March. CCLSNZ’s one-day conference and the pre-conference myopia management workshop scheduled for the last
In the early Sixties, driven by the efforts of pioneering dentist-turned-contact lens manufacturer Eugene Hirst (original co-founder of Mortimer Hirst in Auckland), New Zealand was the first country
Roughly one year ago, the nation and the world were catapulted into our brand-new world of Covid-19 lockdown and home confinement. Fears began to surface regarding potential health issues such as an increased risk of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and mental health challenges. From an eyecare pers
Although conjunctival melanoma is uncommon, when diagnosed late it can lead to metastatic disease and even death. It is classified according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer Classification (AJCC) into clinical and pathologic categories. The research papers discussed below are based on the A
The Second World War had been over for 15 years by the time I was born, but it loomed large in my young life.
It has been almost a couple of decades since I first became acquainted with my very own Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care (second edition) textbook. For me, this was not just another optometry publication but more an ‘optometry chaperone’ which ordered my learning, instilled the unfamiliar and
The EQ Workplace from ZEISS is the latest addition to the ZEISS Cataract Suite that helps to streamline the refractive cataract workflow. From biometry, calculating, selecting and ordering IOLs to surgical planning, and even post-operative data collection, ZEISS EQ Workplace is designed to help save