Barkers - Barkers optical range has had a big injection of new models. Classic timeless acetate frames include beautiful detailing, one example being the pattern on the temple needle of the transparent colours. The four new metal models, meanwhile, focus on clean lines and masculine shapes.
Multi-award-winning actor, comedian, author and television personality Whoopi Goldberg suffers from acute angle closure (AAC) glaucoma and is an outspoken proponent for medical cannabis, which she uses as part of her treatment.
A review of emerging contact lens (CL) technologies by the University of Waterloo, Canada, has highlighted several innovative concepts spanning treatment, diagnostics, monitoring and drug delivery systems.
As part of the eye health community’s push to improve eyecare among Kiwis with diabetes, a new study has been launched to examine the eyecare pathway for Māori, Pasifika and young adults at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy (DR) to identify where the system is failing them and what can be done
A study by Deakin University and Coopervision has revealed that between 2011 and 2019, the number of registered optometrists in Australia increased by 30.1%, outstripping the country’s 12.1% population growth.
An all-printed, stretchable corneal sensor built on commercially available disposable soft contact lenses (CLs), which could supplant electroretinogram (ERG) examinations, has been developed at Purdue University in Indiana, USA.
The first vision-correction contact lens (CL) to relieve allergic eye itch has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) has finished talking to key stakeholders in Aotearoa and is drafting an action plan to improve the way ophthalmologists work with Māori to improve eyecare among tangata whenua.
A report by Professor Xiulan Zhang and Dr Fei Li at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, China, has highlighted the racial differences in the density of macular and peripapillary capillaries in glaucomatous
Smoking cannabis significantly impairs vision, yet more than 90% of users believe it has no or very little effect on their vision, a new study has found. With cannabis use on the rise in Spain,
A review of the use of fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy (FLIO) has shown it offers exceptional detail that can aid early diagnoses and monitoring of retinal diseases. Led by Dr Lydia
German researchers have developed a webcam that not only looks like a human eye but can realistically imitate its movement. "The goal of our project is not to develop a better design for cameras,