Researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) have started a six-month clinical trial to see if high-dose vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) can support existing therapies for glaucoma by protecting nerve cells from dying.
Space flight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS) is a known phenomenon impacting astronauts who spend time aboard the International Space Station, which has been studied by NASA eye health
A retrospective audit of Moorfield’s medical records over 20 years, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, has provided risk factor insights for poor outcomes and severe inflammatory
Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily are assessing a person’s risk of heart disease using machine learning and retina scans.Using deep learning algorithms, trained on retina
After six years in development, eight product iterations and clinical studies involving 1,500 patients across five countries, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spinout, PlenOptika has
A collaborative clinic at the University of New South Wales Centre for Eye Health, where optometrists and ophthalmologists work side-by-side, is providing beneficial for glaucoma patients. A study of
A Fudan University team in China has developed artificial photoreceptors to replace diseased and no longer functioning rod and cone cells within the retina.A study on laboratory mice, published in
An international collaboration of scientists has created a contact lens (CL) which can shift between magnified and normal vision. The lens, which increases peripheral vision three-fold, is safer and
A New Zealand optometrist has been found guilty of breaching the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights for not providing an adequate level of care and skill for a six-year-old boy, later diagnosed with a brain tumour which left him blind in one eye and partially sighted in the oth
Revision Optics, manufacturer of the Raindrop implantable corneal device for correction of near vision, the first FDA-approved device that changes the shape of the cornea to correct vision, has closed down.
Engineering science professor Marinko Sarunic from Simon Fraser University, Canada has developed a new, shoebox-sized, retinal imaging scanner, that can still produce high-resolution, 3-D, cross-sectional retina, including individual photoreceptors, fine capillaries and blood vessels.
A review of emergency department visits across Australia in 2016-17 reveals that almost 120,000 people presented for eye conditions, of which just over 19,640 were considered non-urgent. While Optometry Australia, the peak professional body for optometrists, is concerned with the amount of people se
