The Cornea and Contact Lens Society (CCLS) of New Zealand’s 2021 one-day conference will now be held on Sunday 28 February 2021 at the Harbourside Function Venue (formally Mac’s) in Wellington.
The government appears to have cut plans for the much-anticipated free eye health exam for seniors, opting instead for a very basic, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) check by GP nurses as part of its broader commitment to a free annual health assessment for SuperGold cardholders. But such a ba
Researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) and the University of Melbourne have received a funding boost to fast-track the development of their new medical device CorGel, an ultra-thin hydrogel film used to insert donor corneal tissue into a patient’s eye to restore vision.
Boston Medical Centre researchers have detected a well-known biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases in the vitreous humor within the eye. The biomarker, neurofilament light chain, a
Arizona University researchers have found the common Parkinson’s disease treatment, levodopa, stabilised and improved the vision of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration
High myopes have a different anterior eye surface shape compared with emmetropes, potentially impacting contact lens fit, an Australian study has found. In this prospective, in-vivo study, using
The oDocs Eye Care team has appointed Dr Renoh Johnson Chalakkal as the social enterprise’s new senior research software engineer.
Former director general of health and current oceania advisory partner for Ernst & Young (EY), Stephen McKernan has been selected to lead the Transition Unit charged with implementing the government’s Health and Disability System Review.
University of Auckland student Alyssa Lie is nearing completion of her PhD study investigating how aging affects the internal contents of the eye’s crystalline lens and how this may contribute to age-dependent changes in vision attributed to the lens, such as presbyopia and cataract.
Italian pharmaceutical company Recordati has received US Food and drug Administration (FDA) approval for its eye drop, Cystadrops, for treating cystinosis-related corneal crystal deposits. Cystinosis
Research has revealed that many businesses (31%) struggle with daily cyberattacks and new protection challenges caused by remote working in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Acronis, a global cyber
From 2001 to 2019, 1140 fellowships were awarded by the International Council of Ophthalmology to help young ophthalmologists, mainly from third-world countries, improve their practical or research
