Being brought up with movies like Terminator, I always imagined artificial intelligence, or AI as it’s increasingly called, would be this terrifying army of thinking metal beings who saw humans as obsolete. It’s refreshing then to know that not only are we using AI in our lives each day (for example
Now in its eleventh year, the Global Speciality Lens Symposium (GSLS), held annually in Las Vegas, is a unique conference focused on enabling eye care practitioners to make the best use of modern speciality contact lenses to help a wide range of patients.
They arrived with a sense of adventure and high purpose, wanting to explore new territory and make a difference with their expertise. Twenty years later they returned, with a sense of awe for what had been achieved.
Choice of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair method in US commercially insured and Medicare Advantage patients, 2003-2016; Long-term safety and efficacy of limited vitrectomy for vision-degrading vitreopathy resulting from vitreous floaters; Five-year outcomes of pan-retinal photocoagu
Risk factors associated with missed diagnosis of narrow angles by Van Herick technique; Transscleral Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation: A comparison of slow coagulation and standard coagulation techniques; Clear lens extraction for the management of primary angle closure glaucoma: surgical technique
When Vicki Hilliam discovered she was losing her peripheral vision in her 50’s, she was absolutely devastated. A referral to the Blind Foundation could have made all the difference, she tells Jai
As an aging population, growing patient-to-ophthalmologist ratios, demand for new treatments and an increasingly stretched healthcare dollar put eye care under more and more pressure internationally, the scope of optometry is changing.
It has been just over a year since Ozurdex, a dexamethasone-sustained release implant, was first funded by Pharmac for diabetic macular oedema (DMO), the most common cause of visual loss in our
On a somewhat balmy, 30+ degree Adelaide Sunday, the Australian Ophthalmic Nurse Association (AONA) met for their annual conference, held this year in the wonderful Adelaide Convention Centre. I say balmy, because the last time I was in Adelaide, the temperature was 40+ degrees, for six days straigh
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology (RANZCO) hosted its 50th annual Scientific Congress in Adelaide, South Australia at the end of 2018, at the heart of the swooping season.
This year’s conference was held in the beautiful city of Adelaide and was well attended with 130 delegates from around Australia and New Zealand. The programme was extremely full with a great selection of speakers across the three days.
Recognising the importance of early intervention, Allergan ANZ invited delegates at the 2018 RANZCO Scientific Congress to witness its agreement to give Glaucoma Australia A$300,000 over three years to help eliminate blindness from glaucoma.