Kiwi cataract surgeon recognised
Auckland Eye’s Dr Dean Corbett is only the second Kiwi ophthalmologist in history to be invited to join the prestigious International Intra-Ocular Implant Club (IIIC).
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Auckland Eye’s Dr Dean Corbett is only the second Kiwi ophthalmologist in history to be invited to join the prestigious International Intra-Ocular Implant Club (IIIC).
The 2018 ACOD, Optiblocks and ADONZ inaugural award ceremony celebrated the achievement of 28 graduating DO students, all of whom received certificates from ADONZ president Donald Crichton, ADONZ life-time members Steve Stenersen and Mike Firmston and IOA president Fiona Anderson.
As always, this year’s Association of Dispensing Opticians New Zealand (ADONZ) was a warm and enjoyable affair with the exhibitors’ room, especially, humming with activity and happy chatter.
Britain’s National Theatre is offering audience members with hearing loss a service which displays captions on smart glasses during performances.The glasses display a synchronised transcript of the
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Specsavers opened its first New Zealand store in Albany, Auckland, 10 years ago in November 2008, just nine months after opening its inaugural store in Australia. By the end of the year, Specsavers had opened more than 150 locations across both countries, converting a mix of independents and small g
Cataract patients turned down for public hospital surgery and unable to fund their own can now have their cataracts treated for free thanks to the generosity of surgeons working under the umbrella of the Auckland Regional Charity Hospital (ARCH).
Two Flinders University eye research projects focusing on glaucoma and one looking for ways to reduce the suicide rate among doctors are among 35 new health and medical research projects to receive
Lisa Wymond, Eyes Right Optical and Modstyle national brands manager, was recently awarded the Australian Next Generation Achiever Award at the Family Business Association National Conference in Alice Springs.
Results of an Australian clinical trial show a four-fold reduction in the rate of progression to late stage AMD in 76% of intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) patients who received
Researchers are testing a new computer game which they hope could hold the key to helping visually-impaired children lead independent lives. Developed by a team of neuroscientists and video game
By comparing genetic sequences in the eye tumours of children whose cancers spread with tumours that didn’t spread, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found new evidence that a domino