The following is a special Covid-19 update from the optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB) FROM THE ODOB BOARD (17 Aug 2021) As you will be aware, the Prime Minister has announced that New
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s new Cataract Clinical Care Standard has launched, aiming to improve patients’ access to care by defining pathways for prioritising
Born in 1943, acclaimed South African actor, writer and director John Kani lost an eye in a racially motivated attack.
A new holographic augmented-reality device gives pre-op cataract patients a glimpse of their post-operative best-corrected vision, according to its creators. Developed by Professor Hakan Ürey and
Teenagers’ continuous smartphone use is associated with more myopic refractive errors, particularly in those with low outdoor exposure, according to researchers at Erasmus University Medical Centre,
Allergan has announced that AGN-190584 (pilocarpine 1.25%) ophthalmic solution for presbyopia treatment met its primary and secondary endpoints in its phase 3 Gemini 1 clinical study. The company
Apple has been granted a US patent for a mixed reality headset that will project images directly onto the retina. Conventional virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets project
A study has found that the ForeseeHome device detects neovascular AMD in patients who still have good visual acuity, and with greater sensitivity than the Amsler grid. Evaluated by Dr Marcus Altman,
The New Zealand Cornea and Contact Lens Society’s (CCLS) 2022 two-day conference will be hosted at Auckland’s Hilton Hotel from 10-12 March. Two international speakers are already confirmed:
Increasing numbers of New Zealanders are following a global trend towards alternative therapies, according to new data.
Optos’ optomap ultra-widefield retinal imaging system helps cut the duration of patients’ clinic visits by a third, according to a study by Stanford University researchers.
Optopol has released a new spectral optical coherence tomography (SOCT) software update (version 10.0.1).