The number of registered optometry students in Australia has jumped by more than a quarter in the past year, according to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). This increase
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists’ (RANZCO’s) response to an Aboriginal Indigenous ophthalmologist’s article on his experience of racism in the profession has drawn
Kanchhi Maya Tamang is the first Tamang woman to reach the summit of Everest and the first to use the achievement to protest against human trafficking, stating: “We are people, not property”.A
Melbourne optometrist Dr Suit May Ho has been named an Eye Health Hero for her work including training eye health workers in Vietnam, Cambodia and Timor-Leste, reports Optometry Australia.May was
Specsavers has released its inaugural State of the Nation Eye Health Report, bringing together a wealth data from a variety of sources on the Australian and New Zealand populations and predicting that
Scientists at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) are teaming up with Swinburne Institute of Technolohy astrophysicists to better understand the mathematics behind diagnosing eye diseases.The
The increase of electric and hybrid cars on Australian roads is putting pedestrians at significant risk, particularly people who are blind or have low vision, new research has found.A report by Vision
Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to attend the ISCEV (International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision) clinical teaching symposium in Reims, France.
Optometry Australia reports two of its federated organisations, Optometry Victoria and Optometry Southern Australia will amalgamate.CEO Lyn Brodie said the amalgamation vote represented the largest
A new study analysing data from two large previous population-based studies shows older adults who stick to a Mediterranean diet (MeDi) may cut their risk of developing Age-related Macular
Scientists say they have successfully developed and tested the world’s first ultrathin artificial retina which could be a vast improvement on existing implantable visualisation technology. The
The Centre for Eye Health Research in Sydney, Australia, says it has identified a potential marker for predicting drusen emergence for AMD prognostic and intervention studies.Drusen are associated
