Insights into Māori traditions, cultural practice and business values were delightfully served up with a healthy side of primary angle closure at Specsavers’ SCC 2021 live event at the Sofitel Hotel in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour.
A 34-year-old male was referred to the outpatient clinic with decreased vision in both eyes, which had remained stable over the preceding six months. He was in good general health with no medical or ocular history. He wasn’t taking any medication and he denied any history of recreational drug use or
With a career spanning more than 50 years, including the move from senior partner at one of the biggest independent practices at the turn of century, Barry & Beale, to its corporate successor OPSM, optometrist Roger Apperley has experienced many optometry changes in New Zealand.
Uveitis presentations can be complicated and daunting, particularly for junior clinicians. While trying to determine the anatomical classification and extent of intraocular inflammation – namely vitritis and posterior uveitis – we are challenged to consider a plethora of differential diagnoses and a
It has been more than 30 years since the New Zealand National Eye Bank (NZNEB) was established; in that time, Stats NZ has reported a dramatic 41% increase in New Zealand’s population. The NZNEB
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Eye Surgery Associates’ latest evening seminar at Auckland’s Tamaki Yacht Club drew a large group of optometrists who gathered together over dinner to hear guest speaker, entrepreneurial Waikato ophthalmologist Dr James McKelvie.
While drop therapies and surgical intervention are commonly used to control elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) associated with glaucoma, alternative health strategies to support these regimens largely go unnoticed.
In 1976, Robert Randall took on the United States government and won. Diagnosed with glaucoma and having tried conventional medication, the only treatment that offered him relief was cannabis. Fighting for the right to legally use his medication, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia sided
This year’s Ocular Therapeutics Conference has been divided into four ocular therapeutics evenings (OTEs) due to potential pandemic-related interruptions. The theme for the first was glaucoma.
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) has historically been considered a subtype of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). It is characterised by recurrent serosanguinous maculopathy,
It was a case of third time lucky for the 2021 Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) Symposium. After two postponements over the past year, the symposium successfully went ahead at Alexandra Park in Auckland on 16 May.
