My journey with Irlen syndrome is a testament to the importance of awareness and accurate diagnosis of this often-overlooked condition, writes Samantha Fleming
Anyone watching Britain’s Got Talent or America’s Got Talent recently may have been wondering why judge Simon Cowell is now wearing red tinted lenses. Turns out, rather than a fashion statement, the 64-year-old media and music magnate said he’s suffering from photophobia and migraines.
A pterygium is a benign, triangular, fibrovascular growth extending from the bulbar conjunctiva over the limbus and onto the cornea (Fig 1)¹. Pterygia are common, with world prevalence reported as 12% in a systematic review in 2018². A pterygium is an acquired proliferative disorder (rather than a d
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive blinding disease affecting the central retina and is a leading cause of vision loss globally. It is estimated to affect close to 9% of the worldwide population, which is expected to total 288 million patients by 20401. Unsurprisingly, numerous
The eighth Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) Symposium attracted a full crowd of ophthalmologists, optometrists and nurses keen to learn.
New Zealand’s Dr Ben O'Keeffe, a non-training locum ophthalmology registrar and two-time Rugby World Cup referee, speaks about how his two careers help balance him.
Every year in Aotearoa New Zealand several hundred patients require a corneal transplant. This may be because their cornea is scarred, cloudy or too thin to allow good vision. While we await the invention of the fully fledged laboratory-grown cornea, our principal option to treat these patients is u
Eye Surgery Associates’ mid-winter dinner symposium was packed full of eyecare pearls for attending optometrists.
The author and creator of perhaps the world’s most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, was also a medical doctor who attempted to specialise in ophthalmology. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born in Edinburgh in 1859, studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. After graduating
Picking up the phone that day was akin to picking up the loose end of a ball of wool the cat had played with. The 73-year-old woman on the other end of the line was very agitated and emotional as she described the perils of looking through an “oil bubble” and how her poor vision was restricting her
Ophthalmic nurse Claire McPhail reports on the rise of nurse-led clinics, AI in cataract surgery, avoiding burnout and more.
Tackling challenges, controversies and change, Dr Lize Angelo covers May’s "incredible" RANZCO NZ meeting.
