US researchers suggest measurable pupillary light reflex (PLR) metrics are enhanced in adolescent sport-related concussion and may serve as a fast, portable, objective physiologic biomarker for concussion.
Indigenous Australians are accessing eye health services in greater numbers, with nearly one in three using eye health services, and one in seven having an eye examination by an optometrist or
Children who go to sleep late are more susceptible to both myopia onset and progression, a new study has found. “Sleeping late and waking up late, along with known risk factors, namely urban living
Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston suffers from dry eye disease, admitting she was “addicted to eye drops” and has trouble reading scripts due to dry, itchy eyes, in an interview with Health magazine.
San Diego-based Leo Lens Pharma has developed a therapeutic contact lens (CL) for continuous delivery of bimatoprost to reduce elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Israeli researchers have warned that patients who wear face masks during intravitreal injections may be at a higher risk of endophthalmitis.
Switzerland-based medical device company Haag Streit’s new swept-source precision optical coherence tomographer (OCT) the Eyestar 900 is heading downunder.
Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) has appointed Pippa Martin as its new general manager.
Essilor’s new Stellest lens slows down myopia progression in children by more than 60%, the company reported, unveiling the results of its one-year trial at the World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Worldwide Connect 2020 virtual congress.
Eye health won big in this year’s edition of Spark 5G Starter Fund, with oDocs Eye Care and Objective Acuity securing a share of $625,000 alongside two other innovative New Zealand businesses. Dr
Specsavers has launched Health Hub, a new online platform dedicated to recording and sharing insights on eye health with the wider New Zealand and Australian industry.
Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney and Uka Tarsadia University in India have joined forces to investigate the potential of contact lenses as a drug delivery system to control, manage and treat various ocular diseases.
