Optometry Australia (OA) has released its 20-year vision for optometry in Australia. Optometry 2040 taking control of your future, saying the 20-year agenda aims to create a plausible, sustainable
Australian scientists have developed a new drug, which has worked on mice, to mend the damaged retinal barrier (BRB) and reduce vascular leakage, to potentially treat patients with the main cause of
Professor Charles McGhee, chair of ophthalmology at the University of Auckland, has capped off a year of honorary mentions by being made a fellow of the prestigious Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. New fellows are appointed each year to the 150-year-old Society for their distinction in rese
The New Zealand Cornea and Contact Lens Society’s 2019 annual conference will be held at the Novotel Rotorua Lakeside from Thursday 28 February to Sunday 2 March, including two full days of conference on the Friday and Saturday, followed by the popular conference dinner.
A new study suggests metformin, commonly used to treat diabetes, can reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, with researchers from Taiwan showing people with type 2 diabetes who took
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) plans to construct the world’s first public vision and eye health museum to highlight the rich history of medical and surgical eye care, help people
Well-known paediatric ophthalmology specialist Dr Shuan Dai has been lured across the ditch to become director of ophthalmology at Children’s Health Queensland and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane replacing Professor Glen Gole.
The 19th annual survey of Australian contact lens prescribing, conducted by Optometry Australia (OA) between January and April 2018, shows an increase in the average age of lens wearers and a high
Verily and Alcon have announced they are putting their work on a smart contact lens to monitor glucose levels through the tear film on hold, saying there was insufficient consistency in the
A new study has found compelling evidence that links dynamin-binding protein (DNMBP) to congenital bilateral cataracts and severe vision loss. “We were intrigued when 12 individuals from three
“…should we institute collagen cross-linking on a routine basis, which would eliminate the need for multiple examinations under anaesthesia, anaesthesia for surgery and anaesthesia for suture removal, as well as anaesthesia for the follow up treatment of a corneal transplant…?”
The Lions Eye Institute (LEI) in Western Australia (WA) is creating a Centre of Research Excellence in Juvenile Macular Disease to spotlight an important cause of childhood blindness. Juvenile macular
