After taking the Australasian optometry market by storm, 1st Group, the parent company of online booking and patient referral software platform MyHealth1st, is branching into ophthalmology.
Immune cells that developed in the eye in response to early exposure to bacteria are a key contributor to progressive vision loss from glaucoma, a research team from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and MIT
Researches at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, and the Hospital for Sick Children have developed a new platform that enables them to uncover new regulators of retina neurons.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug, Oxervate (cenegermin), for the treatment of neurotrophic keratitis, a rare disease affecting the cornea.“While the prevalence of
The Australian Ophthalmic Nurses Association (AONA) National Council has launched the first National Practice Standards for Ophthalmic Nurses in Australia at AONA-Queensland's 30th Conference in
Personalised medicine, moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach, is a big thing in today’s British National Health Service and this can make a big difference for glaucoma patients, said Professor
A new disability support system, including a new funding model, will be trialled from 1 October in the MidCentral District Health Board (DHB).The new Enabling Good Lives (EGL) initiative shifts the
Since the recent launch of Alcon’s world-first AutonoMe preloaded IOL delivery system with the Clareon intraocular lens (IOL) in Sydney, several ophthalmologists at Tauranga Eye Specialists have been accredited to use the device.
Alcon has voluntarily withdrawn the CyPass Micro-Stent immediately, world-wide, and advises surgeons to stop implanting the CyPass Micro-Stent immediately and to return any unused devices to Alcon.
Richard Grills, the founder of Designs for Vision, well-known optometry and ophthalmology educator and long-time friend of Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson who died last year, has been named the inaugural winner of a new award named in honour of his friend.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology’s (RANZCO’s) 50th Annual Scientific Congress, and associated parallel conferences for Australasian ophthalmic nurses and practice managers, will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 17-21 November.
Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ) has had a busy start to the year, working behind the scenes on the introduction of minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and devices into private ophthalmology and member queries.
