Healio has launched a new recognition programme, Healio Honours, to celebrate health care professionals who go the extra mile to advance patient care, research, advocacy or mentorship. Health care
More than 150 participants from 37 countries are beginning work on the latest Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) workshop, A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease. The workshop will be led by a steering committee comprising executive members, Professors Jennifer Craig (chair, New Zeala
Inflammation is a key feature of the self-perpetuating vicious circle in the evaporative and aqueous forms of dry eye disease. Therapeutics aim to break this cycle and reinstate tear film and ocular surface homeostasis. But given today’s vast range of available and developing therapeutic options, ad
A retrospective review by researchers at the University of Montreal, Canada, has concluded that despite low vision patients having multiple risk factors for DED, tests for the disease are rarely performed in low-vision eye examinations.
EK Books has released The Boy in the Big Blue Glasses, the perfect addition for any eyecare practitioner’s waiting room, written to help kids feel comfortable and happy wearing glasses.
A Dutch study has found a high prevalence of Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) in patients with Stargardt disease, suggesting it is more common across all ages than previously thought.
The umbrella group for New Zealand’s eye health organisations, Eye Health Aotearoa (EHA) has partnered with the International Agency for the Prevention for Blindness (IAPB) to help raise awareness and advocate for equitable and accessible eye health.
Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is characterised by alterations in glandular secretion and terminal duct obstruction, secondary to hyperkeratinisation of the ductal epithelium1. The oils secreted from the glands contain a mixture of lipid secretions and keratinised epithelial debris. Keratin level
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A study at Cochin Hospital in Paris, France has demonstrated that playing music to patients prior to cataract surgery under local anaesthetic can reduce hypertension.
A study led by Professor James Wolffsohn from Aston University explored the patient-reported experience of DED in an international multi-centre survey1.
A report by The Business Research Company predicts that the global dry eye medication market will grow to around US$4.8bn in 2025, up from US$2.9bn in 2015.