The authors of a UK study found a £3 (NZ$6.50) contrast-sensitivity (CS) test mailed to patients may be a feasible low-tech way to help prioritise cataract surgeries. Researchers from the Univers
Unveiled at RANZCO NZ’s Annual Scientific Meeting, the latest iteration of Zeiss’ cataract surgery planning software, EQ Workplace, is designed to more effectively connect the clinic to theatre, while
Taking pride of place on Ophthalmic Instrument Company’s stand at the 2024 RANZCO NZ meeting was Nidek’s new RS-1 Glauvas optical coherence tomography (OCT) system.
The Commerce Commission is investigating RANZCO’s instruction to NZ-based fellows to not train hospital-based optoms to do YAG.
TFOS unveils details of its highly anticipated third workshop.
The results of the Medical Board of Australia’s latest Medical Training Survey (MTS) have revealed gender-based differences in students’ experience of medical training. The MTS data show discrepancies
The brand-new, purpose-built Shinyanga Eye Clinic in Tanzania is now open, thanks to Hawke’s Bay optometrist Niall McCormack, who walked the length of Aotearoa to help raise funds for the build. It
A German researcher received the annual Heidelberg Engineering Xtreme Research Award at ARVO for work he said should make it possible to remove diseased retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells close to or within the fovea without damaging neighbouring tissue.
Despite $3.44 billion for hospital and specialty services, $2.12bn for primary care and public health, a budget boost of $1.77bn over four years for Pharmac, plus tax relief for inflation-hit business
Chinese researchers studying 49 patients with macular hole, macular epiretinal membrane, retinopathy or rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, found each had an average of 35 microplastic (MPs) particles in their vitreous humour.
A Swedish study has shown obese patients with uveal melanoma (UM) have a lower risk of developing metastases and dying from the cancer. Led by researchers from Stockholm’s St Erik Eye Hospital, the
A new project, The Pupil Project, aims to raise up-close-and-personal insights into those with low vision.