The term albinism is derived from the Latin word albus for white. Although the first scientific report of albinism was by Sir Archibald Garrod in 1908, albinism has been reported in Africa for over
It’s been more than two and half years since I implanted the first Glaukos iStent Inject. So, what have we learned from our experience with this revolutionary new device?Background: MIGS Trabecular
Aboriginal women’s right activist Lilla Watson once said, ‘If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.’
The annual meeting for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference was held in Vancouver, Canada from the 27 April – 2 May.
Dr Dean Corbett opened Auckland Eye’s 2019 Insight series, welcoming attendees and introducing the team’s newest addition, Dr Taras Papchenko, who replaces Dr Paul Rosser.
On 27 June we celebrate the memory of Helen Keller. Blind and deaf, she defeated overwhelming odds to become an internationally recognised author and lecturer dedicating her life to helping others.
For normal folk, running out of milk and bread isn't really that big a deal. They can hop in the car or pop up to the nearest dairy and, to be honest it wasn't that much of a problem for me either, even though my wife Pam was away for a few days. My friendly local store was just a five-minute walk a
Last year we met the Kiser family from Taranaki, who were raising money to visit America to attend a conference about Stickler Syndrome. Jai Breitnauer caught up with them to see how it all
Eye drops for presbyopia, supplanting readers, multifocal contact lenses and surgery, is being touted as the next big thing by some ophthalmic media commentators. But the presbyopic eye drop market is still in its infancy, “similar to the MIGS market a decade ago when multiple companies flocked to d
The annual Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society (ANZGS) symposium, held this year as part of the eighth World Glaucoma Congress in Melbourne, featured the Gillies Lecture and a showcase of glaucoma research from the region’s universities.
Subthreshold nanosecond laser intervention in AMD: the LEAD study; Vessel density of superficial, intermediate and deep capillary plexuses using OCTA; Longitudinal changes in eyes with HCQ retinal toxicity
One of the first challenges of my glaucoma fellowship was mastering gonioscopy and the iridocorneal angle. As you know, there are many indications for performing gonioscopy, including patients potentially at risk for angle closure, determining the cause of intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation in var
