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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
The 2019 Eye Institute conference workshops day once again proved popular with most of the limited places snapped up well before the day and the rest exceeded by those who turned up unexpectedly.
Building on work started by her predecessor, new chair of RANZCO’s Women in Ophthalmology (WIO) Advisory Group Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer says she’s excited about the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of budding female ophthalmologists.
The gorgeous city of Napier, which proudly showcases it’s rise from the devastation of the 1931 earthquake to become the Art Deco capital of New Zealand, turned on a splendid weekend for the 89th New Zealand Association of Optometrists conference.
It’s amazing really, how, if one of your senses starts to conk out another one seems to pick up the slack. Medically, of course, it’s a fallacy that if you start to lose your sight your hearing becomes more acute, you simply use and value the alternatives more in compensation. Blind people don't app
MDNZ is 10 years old this year. Jai Breitnauer talks to three wet MD patients who have benefited from the organisation’s support, to find out about their experience of diagnosis and what life’s like for them now.
