By 2050 there is likely to be a fivefold increase in vision impairment (VI) due to myopic macular degeneration (MMD) because of the growing prevalence of myopia globally, according to researchers at
Indigenous communities will benefit from the AU$2.5 million the Australian government is putting into retinal cameras and training.The Provision of Eye Health Equipment and Training initiative, co-led
A new study has shown that people who regularly eat oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration than people who do not eat oranges.Researchers at the Westmead Institute for Medical
A partnership agreement aimed at building respect and improving patient safety has been signed between the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand
The world’s first blood test for melanoma, which can diagnose melanoma skin cancers earlier and more accurately than currently possible, is one step closer to being available to patients and
Australia’s Centre for Eye Health (CFEH) has created a chairside reference which optometrists can download, print and keep handy, to help them manage diabetic patients in everyday practice.Early
The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) says Bupa customers should consider their options before 1 September as dramatic policy changes, deemed by the Commonwealth Ombudsman to have been
A contact lens with a built-in sensor could help determine which glaucoma patients have a higher risk of disease progression. Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center found certain patterns
A new study reported in the British Journal of Ophthalmology shows myopia progression in a group of Chinese school children monitored over two years was inversely related to intraocular pressure
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved moxidectin as the first new treatment for river blindness in 20 years, adding new ammunition to the fight to eliminate this disabling
Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia has been given US$5 million to establish a new vision research centre, named after philanthropists Vickie and Jack Farber, to support research including data mining
A recent Seoul University study has found a link between how much the lamina cribrosa - a thin, sieve-like portion of sclera at the base of the optic disc through which retinal nerve fibers leave the
