As an optometrist who specialises in dry eye disease (DED), I am constantly trying to stay on top of the latest research and developments, so it was with great enthusiasm that I embarked on the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA)’s dry eye management and contact lens retention certificate course
Johnson & Johnson Vision is celebrating 20 years with the Tecnis platform, marking the milestone with the new ‘See More’ campaign and a donation supporting eye health in the Himalayas. Twenty years
Promoting outdoor activities in kindergartens combined with undisrupted school-based preventive strategies can keep myopia levels stable, even during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Taiwanese
Iatrogenic dry eye secondary to intravitreal injections is an increasingly reported health concern, yet there’s a dearth of published scientific literature addressing this problem1. I recently completed a study at the University of Auckland to better understand the factors that contribute to the dev
Ocular demodex infestation is recognised to be an important cause of chronic blepharitis1 and a number of commercial anti-demodectic eyelid formulations are currently available2. However, to date, limited studies have investigated the safety and tolerability of these commercial anti-demodectic eyeli
Researchers from Australia and the UK have developed a new screening system to give researchers and clinicians working with autistic adults ‘real life’ insights into social interactions.
It is well recognised that tear film lipid layer instability is one of the hallmarks of evaporative dry eye disease (DED), yet most artificial tears are water-based and thus do little to replenish the disrupted lipid layer.
The job of the optics industry is to support those with visual impairment and prevent others from developing it, but for patients who are neurodiverse, such as those with autism spectrum disorder, more has to be done to meet their needs
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) has signed a climate change plea calling for the government to prioritise the climate emergency to save Australian
It is well recognised that tear film lipid layer instability is one of the hallmarks of evaporative dry eye disease (DED), yet most artificial tears are water-based and thus do little
The Auckland Dry Eye Epidemiology Study is a large population-based, multi-arm, cross-sectional study based at the Ocular Surface Laboratory (OSL) at the University of Auckland. It aims to characterise modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors of dry eye disease (DED) and address some of the gaps i
The addition of data on novel autoantibodies may improve the accuracy of screening dry eye patients for Sjögren’s syndrome, according to research led by Dr Vatinee Bunya from the Penn Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Center in the US.