Myopia management has fascinated me since my university days. So, after I graduated, I set up New Zealand’s first myopia management clinic in Hamilton’s Rose Optometry. Back in 2009 that was considered pretty unusual, as myopia management was not as widely understood in the profession and people had
Rohto Dry Aid (RDA) relieves eights symptoms of dry eye – itchiness, dryness, soreness, irritation, burning, grittiness, stinging and tiredness.
Auckland's Dr Sid Ogra reviews the latest oculoplastics research.
Dr Francesc March de Ribot, a Dunedin Hospital ophthalmologist, has recently been dealing with some unusual referrals from Dunedin Wildlife Hospital. Short, uncooperative and presenting something of a language barrier, these patients have been experiencing a number of different eye problems stemming
New Zealand’s Dr Ben O'Keeffe, a non-training locum ophthalmology registrar and two-time Rugby World Cup referee, speaks about how his two careers help balance him.
Every year in Aotearoa New Zealand several hundred patients require a corneal transplant. This may be because their cornea is scarred, cloudy or too thin to allow good vision. While we await the invention of the fully fledged laboratory-grown cornea, our principal option to treat these patients is u
Eye Surgery Associates’ mid-winter dinner symposium was packed full of eyecare pearls for attending optometrists.
When people start tying ribbons around ordinary words, there's got to be a bit of fun in there, opines Trevor Plumbly.
One of the main reasons I chose to study optometry was a deep desire to help improve healthcare outcomes in local communities. So when Specsavers announced its annual outreach programme and the opportunity to assist with the Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand’s work in Fiji, I was quick to put my h
New study to build evidence for preservative-free glaucoma drops in NZ.
Picking up the phone that day was akin to picking up the loose end of a ball of wool the cat had played with. The 73-year-old woman on the other end of the line was very agitated and emotional as she described the perils of looking through an “oil bubble” and how her poor vision was restricting her
Auckland’s Tote on Ascot, once home to the world’s first automatic totalisator machine (a device for adding up bets, invented by New Zealander George Julius), was packed to the rafters when Re:Vision’