The 2024 Lancet Commission’s report on dementia has added vision loss as a new modifiable risk factor for dementia, along with high cholesterol. Led by a team from the Division of Psychiatry, Universi
Initially scheduled to be available in June 2024, Aspen Pharmacare’s Eikance 0.01% atropine drops are now available to prescribers in New Zealand.
A study in China showed artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately identify myopia, strabismus and ptosis in children aged six to 12 years old from smartphone images.
oDocs Eye Care has launched a new app, Helios, to improve patient-specialist communication and information sharing.
The launch of the NZ branch of the Dry Eye Association was a well-attended public event, providing DED sufferers an opportunity to share their perspectives.
Heidelberg Engineering announced the FDA has cleared the Spectralis OCT angiography (OCTA) module with Shift technology, which halves the device’s previous image acquisition time.
Global toy giant Mattel has released a blind Barbie and a Black Barbie with Down syndrome, encouraging more children to tell their stories through play.
Hospitals would do well to put a folding chair or stool in patients’ rooms to enable eye-to-eye contact from clinicians to aid patient recovery, revealed a US study.
Two optometrists have been found in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights after a woman lost sight in her right eye due to a retinal detachment. The deputy health and disability commissioner (HDC) ruled the optometrists failed to provide services with reasonable care
Elon Musk’s declaration that Blindsight, a cortical implant to restore vision, “may ultimately exceed normal human vision” has been denounced as “unrealistic at best” by US neuroscientists.
The Vision Research Foundation is welcoming applications for travelling scholarships to Māori and Pasifika optometry and medical students to attend the 2024 Women in Vision conference.
The 2024 Medical Training Survey (MTS), designed to shape the future of medical training in Australia, is now open.
