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
This is a randomised, prospective intervention study that evaluated the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections in the treatment of severe, aqueous-deficient dry eye. PRP is a blood derivative that has previously been successfully used to treat ocular surface disorders such as persist
Blepharitis is an epidemic – defined as inflammation affecting the eyelashes, eyelids and the ocular surface, it is widely recognised as one of the most common ocular conditions.
If you had asked me on my BOptom graduation day what I thought I’d be working on in five years’ time, I would not have imagined it would be a clinical trial with a team of neurologists and
Patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can feel encouraged by the latest therapeutic discoveries.
The Eye Surgery Associates dinner, hosted by Drs Hussain Patel and Monika Pradhan, was held on a cold, blustery evening at the end of June at the Tamaki Yacht Club in Auckland. Keynote speaker Dr
