Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or vaping devices heat nicotine, flavours and other chemicals to create a vapour the user inhales. Vaping has been marketed as a substitute for tobacco cigarettes to help smokers kick their addiction, but vaping’s harmful effects are still largely unknown.
If you are reading this in its lustrous glossy printed form, you have in your hands a suddenly quite rare and precious thing: a magazine.
Primary or congenital retinal telangiectasia, more commonly called Coats’ disease or Coats’ syndrome, is a non-hereditary, developmental, retinal vascular disorder characterised by dilatation and exudation of the retinal vasculature, and an important cause of leucocoria in children.
Before eyewear, I worked in PR and marketing for the fashion sector, so I understand how essential it is for businesses to broadcast the right messages in today’s social media world because, if you get it wrong, people are quick to voice their opinion. So, I was curious, when I saw how many people w
The Covid-19 pandemic will likely change the way we do business for a long time to come. For most businesses’ turnover is down and owners are having to deal with an environment that is constantly changing, affecting inventory requirements (especially those reliant on imports) and staffing capacity.
New Zealand has fared well globally in the fight against Covid-19, but it has not been without cost. It is only now the smoke is clearing enough to see how the pandemic has affected our main shopping thoroughfares and what impact that may have on optometry practices.
Uncorrected refractive errors account for up to 96% of visual impairment in school-aged children and are associated with amblyopia and strabismus development, and reduced performance in early literacy tests, reading ability and academic achievement. Amblyopia treatment is most effective before seven
A recent Australian survey has found many parents are shocked to learn their children have vision problems and struggle with a range of issues and emotions at the time of diagnosis and during treatment.
CXL-assisted infection reduction: a randomised clinical trial evaluating the effect of adjuvant CXL on outcomes in fungal keratitis
Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed operation globally, with over 30,000 performed per annum in New Zealand. The surgery has transformed into a refractive procedure in recent years, with
I once heard the most successful optometrist I have ever worked alongside tell a patient, “No, I will not fit my lenses into that piece of rubbish!” It was a very expensive branded rimless frame the client had purchased elsewhere.
Eye injuries from line trimmers (also known as strimmers, weed eaters, weed whackers and brush cutters) result from high velocity foreign body impact, causing mechanical tissue disruption and microbial contamination with bacteria and fungi¹.
