Orthoptics: Looking to the future!
Due to ongoing uncertainties with Covid-19, Orthoptics Australia (OA) is also hosting its 77th annual conference virtually, delivered in a shorter weekend format from 26-27 February 2022.
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AR diagnostic tool honoured
Heru’s Re:Vive 2.0 platform to diagnose vision defects using commercially available augmented reality headsets was named an honouree at January’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2022 Innovation Awards.
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WCO online myopia event
As part of its efforts to establish a global myopia management standard of care, the World Council of Optometry (WCO) will host a virtual event on 12 February 2022 in partnership with CooperVision.
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Dr Stack joins RANZCO board
Dr Rebecca Stack has joined the board of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO).
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Honours recognise low vision champs
Auckland-based Rick Hoskin and Palmerston North’s Dr Jonathan Godfrey have both been named Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for their services to the blind and low vision community.
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First 3D-printed prosthetic eye implanted
A Moorfields Eye Hospital patient has become the world’s first person to be fitted with a 3D-printed prosthetic eye.
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Biannual injection for AMD?
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals announced its wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatment EYP-1901 has completed phase 1 clinical trials, indicating some patients might only need six-monthly
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Evaluating blindness risk with LHON
An Australian study has revealed that the country’s prevalence of vision loss due to Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is at least one in 68,403. LHON is a mitochondrial disease that atrophies
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The gift of sight World Sight Day 2021 winning photos
Julie-Anne Davies’ picture of a ‘Ladakhi weaver’ won the professional award at this year’s International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) World Sight Day photo competition, while ‘Going to school’ by Saiful Islam took home the amateur award.
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TearCare for MGD bags FDA approval
Sight Sciences’ TearCare system for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) has received the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510(K) device clearance. Designed for adult patients
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Atropine enhances amblyopia patching
A trial of 108 children with severe amblyopia has shown that combined atropine and patching therapy (CAPT) showed superior improvement in visual acuity (VA) compared to patching alone.
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Stars and their eyes… Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos is rumoured to have ptosis in his right eye, or possibly a bulging left eye. The online speculation seems to favour the former. Either way, Bezos’ condition has been present since childhood and has many wondering why the world’s richest person hasn’t see
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