We blink around 10,000 times a day, with the eyelids traversing the length of a football pitch in distance each day. Wiping over the eye’s surface with every blink is the “lid wiper”, a 1-2mm thin portion of the inner eyelid margin. We assume that friction is increased here during blinking, especial
It’s been a full year since the outcomes of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society’s second Dry Eye Workshop (now better known as TFOS DEWS II) were released to the world in a series of 10 reports that distilled the scientific evidence and provided an updated global consensus view on various asp
After the welcome and mihi, Jack Phu from the Centre for Eye Health in Sydney opened this year’s University of Auckland School of Optometry and Vision Science (SOVS) conference with a talk on reconciling structure and function in disease diagnosis.
Well-known US Fox News reporter Shannon Bream, a former lawyer and crowned beauty queen, battled through 18 months of excruciating pain and chronic fatigue as a result of undiagnosed recurring corneal erosions (epithelial basement membrane dystrophy).
Today’s practice owner has access to more information and insights into how the practice is performing than ever before. With a focused approach, you will be able to monitor key metrics delivering improved results.
How would you feel if people refused to acknowledge who you are and talked to you like your own identity didn’t matter? In the past few years, transgender, gender-non-conforming and non-binary people have had a lot more presence in the media and popular culture. While this exposure has sometimes le
Ocular surface infestation with Demodex mites is recognised as a significant risk factor for the development of chronic blepharitis. Although 50% tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) is currently the
Any work will have its stressful moments, but when that stress becomes prolonged and severe the effects can be serious and wide ranging. How you deal with it, is key.
Essilor ANZ’s new French-born chief operating officer, Pierre Longerna, is optimistic about independent optometry’s future. Lesley Springall asked him about that future and ‘that merger’.Essilor New
A study published in Clinical Ophthalmology suggests a single application of self-retained cryopreserved amniotic membrane (CAM) can speed corneal surface recovery and help reduce symptoms of dry eye
As debate erupted across the Tasman about whether Australia lacked ophthalmology training positions or had a regional distribution problem, Dr Michael Merriman, RANZCO’s New Zealand qualification and education committee chair, was undertaking his own research into New Zealand’s ophthalmologist needs
Much loved and celebrated tenor, Andrea Bocelli, is famously blind but perhaps less-known is that Bocelli suffered from congenital glaucoma from a very young age. Already at great risk for vision loss because of his glaucoma, the Italian opera singer went totally blind at 12 years old after sufferin
