
Dr Ben O'Keefe new Hollows ambassador
Doctor and international rugby referee Ben O’Keeffe has added ‘Fred Hollows Foundation NZ ambassador’ as another string to his bow.

Doctor and international rugby referee Ben O’Keeffe has added ‘Fred Hollows Foundation NZ ambassador’ as another string to his bow.

After more than a decade in its previous premises, Nelson Eye Surgeons has opened the doors to its new, purpose-designed clinic shaped by patient feedback and clinical need.For Nelson Eye Surgeons’ Drs Rob Jones and Antony Suter, the decision to move followed careful reflection on what their patient

Two years after the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ) launched the Māori Health Curriculum Framework, newly published research in Clinical and Experimental Optometry shows how the profession is beginning to translate it into teaching and assessment.

Apellis, the manufacturer of Syfovre for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to dry AMD, has partnered with a local supplier to make the treatment easier to access in New Zealand, despite a lack of Medsafe approval.

A literature review found that adopting the Mediterranean diet (or similar) appears beneficial for patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at all disease stages.

One of EssilorLuxottica’s largest New Zealand graduate cohorts recently met in Sydney for the company’s annual Graduate Eyelaunch Event, said Essilor’s country eyecare manager New Zealand, Oliver Munro.

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and collaborators have identified genetic pathways and compounds capable of protecting cone photoreceptors from the dege

US researchers have developed a proliferative retinopathy treatment that could offer a less-invasive alternative to intravitreal injections (IVI) for diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity a

A portable graphics processing unit (GPU) tested in Rwanda could help research centres in low- and middle-income countries contribute retinal scans to Global RETFound. The research consortium is

Tenpoint Therapeutics’ Yuvezzi, the first and only dual-agent eye drop, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of presbyopia in adults. The approval of

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Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has released a National Diabetes Roadmap to improve care, strengthen prevention and support better health outcomes for New Zealanders living with diabetes.