Transforming eyecare with AI
AI in eyecare will play an important role in alleviating future public health challenges, says Dr Pearse Keane, Moorfields consultant and professor of artificial medical intelligence at UCL
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Breathing technique reduces IOP
Using a mindfulness-based breathing technique reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) and serum cortisol levels and improves autonomic dysfunction in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), a stu
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‘Printable retinas’ restoring colour vision?
Tiny solar panels placed at the back of the eye could help patients recover from sight loss, a University of Surrey study has found. For most sufferers of age-related macular degeneration ther
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RANZCO NZ Branch meeting 2024 open for registration!
Hosted at Auckland’s Cordis Hotel, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists’ (RANZCO’s) New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting is booked for 16-18 May 2024.
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GNZ’s lessons in drop adherence
Glaucoma poses a significant threat to vision if left untreated. With 112 million people estimated to be affected by 20401, it ranks globally as the second leading cause of blindness2, emphasising the essential role of adherence to ocular hypertensive medications in preventing irreversible vision lo
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ICL shared-care CPD course
A new shared-care e-Learning course for implantable collamer lenses (ICL) for optometrists in New Zealand and Australia has been unveiled by Device Technologies in collaboration with Staar Surgical.
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Australian bioengineered cornea boost
International consortium BIENCO has been awarded AU$35 million to further the development of bioengineered eye tissue to treat corneal blindness.
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Specialised myopia clinic opens its doors
Located in the heart of Auckland’s CBD, optometrist trio Dr Vivienne Zhang, Charisse Kuo and Gina Partridge have opened New Zealand’s first clinic specialising in myopia management: the Auckland Myopia Clinic.
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Atropine drops approved for NZ
Aspen Pharmacare’s Eikance 0.01% atropine drops have been approved by Medsafe and will be available via prescription from pharmacies in New Zealand from the end of June 2024.
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AI ‘outperforms’ ophthalmologists
A US study found an artificial intelligence (AI) system matched, or in some cases outperformed, experienced ophthalmologists in their diagnoses and proposed treatments for glaucoma and retinal disease
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nAMD gene therapy advances
Early data from the phase 2 trial of gene therapy Ixo-vec (ixoberogene soroparvovec, formerly ADVM-022), demonstrated potential best-in-class clinical activity in treatment burden reduction for “hard
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IRDs treatable with antimicrobials?
Harmful gut bacteria found in the retinas of mice with certain inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) were treated with antimicrobials, preventing vision loss, reported the authors of a UK-Chinese study.
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