A UK study discovered people in neighbourhoods with higher amounts of fine particulate matter pollution are at least 6% more likely to have glaucoma than those in the least-polluted areas. The
Optometry Australia has formed a committee to review and update the entry-level competency standards for optometry graduates in Australia to ensure the standards reflect contemporary practice.
US biotech company Omeros Corporation has shown its FDA-approved Omidria ophthalmic solution reduces postoperative pain and the need for pain medications, including opioids, in cataract surgery.
The latest addition to Auckland Eye's ophthalmologist team is Dr Chi-Ying Chou. Dr Chou specialises in cornea/anterior segment and glaucoma, as well as refractive cataract surgery. During his training Chou worked as a registrar in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua and then moved on to work as
The University of Auckland has launched an initiative focusing on the impact of repeated head impacts in sports on the human brain. The New Zealand Sports Human Brain Bank Initiative is an extension
Scientists in Northern Ireland have devised a simple eye test that can detect heart disease.
Dr Neil Avery has joined Thorndon Eye Clinic, after having recently completed his fellowship training in retinal diseases and vitreoretinal surgery.
A team of optical gents recently participated in the Christchurch leg of the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, a global, classic-styled motorcycle event to funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men’s mental health.
Lego’s creative playing blocks are becoming more accessible to visually impaired with the launch of Lego Audio & Braille Building Instructions earlier this year and the upcoming 2020 launch of Lego Braille Bricks.
Transparent batteries were demonstrated at NTT’s R&D Forum in mid-November after Hironobu Minowa and his colleagues from the Japanese communications giant embarked on a project to make a battery as inconspicuous as possible.
Research from the UK’s Association of Optometrists (AOP) has shown an increase in the number of motorists being asked to stop driving because of the risk their poor vision poses to themselves and others on the road - up 2% on 2018. Whilst almost 40% of UK optometrists admit to seeing as many as two
New Kiwi head for WIOAuckland-based consultant ophthalmologist Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer, an international authority on glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology, is the new chair of RANZCO’s Women in
