Supporting research into the eye and its connection to the brain and body, the newly established Vision Research Foundation (VRF) is on a mission to transform health in New Zealand. The charity’s
I've fallen into a bit of a rut lately, with recent developments on the visual front forcing a re-think about my grandson Sam's advice to take things more seriously. Up to this point I've never felt the urge to be an 'investigative' blindy; there's too much stuff out there and it keeps getting updat
Mrs D, an independent 83-year-old who’s very active in church activities and several committees, complained of frustration with her optometrist for not getting her reading prescription right. She loves reading and crosswords but was struggling to do either, see food on her plate, prices and directio
With perfect seminar weather blustering outside, Re:Vision’s co-management conference got underway following a hearty breakfast, with doughnuts!
Dr Riyaz Bhikoo reviews the latest in retinal research and uveal melanoma
As a kid, events before you were born, even just one or two decades earlier, lie in an unimaginably distant past. For me, the Second World War was that long ago place. Whoever those people were in the black-and-white footage, living in unimaginably different times, bore little resemblance to the peo
Not long ago, award-winning Libyan-American journalist Noor Tagouri shared her family’s dry-eye disease (DED) remedy of onion vapour and honey. Onion enzymes and sulfenic acid combine to produce propanethial S-oxide, which is detected by corneal nerves and ultimately leads to aqueous secretion from
I was privileged to attend the 38th ANZ Cornea Society and Eye Bank Meeting in Perth, the first in-person meeting since 2020, together with New Zealand’s National Eye Bank team, including director Dr
A 58-year-old male with no underlying medical history was referred for retinal oedema adjacent to the optic nerve head with cystic changes and a shiny appearance on the overlying retina for the right eye. Unaided visual acuity was 6/9 and 6/6. He was asymptomatic and was incidentally noted to have m
Drs Leo Sheck and Aaron Yap review the latest research on geographic atrophy and diabetic retinopathy
We all know cataract surgery is no big deal. We refer patients all the time, reassuring them, reappraising them and sharing their delight when it all goes well, right?
Link highlighted bit to the “MIGS: It’s just business” story when there’s an online link to link to!
