The US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety communication warning eye care providers and patients about the Raindrop Near Vision Inlay after follow-up studies showed three quarters of
Mount Sinai researchers say they have shown that colour vision problems caused by retinal damage on a cellular level can result from a high dose of sildenafil citrate, an ingredient in some
Allergan New Zealand has issued an urgent recall for three batches of its Ozurdex (Dexamethasone) 700 microgram Intraocular Implant. A recall has not yet been issued for Australia.Allergan NZ said in
Professor Keith Martin has been appointed managing director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) and Ringland Anderson Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Melbourne, from early 2019.
The number of registered optometry students in Australia has jumped by more than a quarter in the past year, according to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). This increase
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists’ (RANZCO’s) response to an Aboriginal Indigenous ophthalmologist’s article on his experience of racism in the profession has drawn
Kanchhi Maya Tamang is the first Tamang woman to reach the summit of Everest and the first to use the achievement to protest against human trafficking, stating: “We are people, not property”.A
Melbourne optometrist Dr Suit May Ho has been named an Eye Health Hero for her work including training eye health workers in Vietnam, Cambodia and Timor-Leste, reports Optometry Australia.May was
Specsavers has released its inaugural State of the Nation Eye Health Report, bringing together a wealth data from a variety of sources on the Australian and New Zealand populations and predicting that
Scientists at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) are teaming up with Swinburne Institute of Technolohy astrophysicists to better understand the mathematics behind diagnosing eye diseases.The
The increase of electric and hybrid cars on Australian roads is putting pedestrians at significant risk, particularly people who are blind or have low vision, new research has found.A report by Vision
Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to attend the ISCEV (International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision) clinical teaching symposium in Reims, France.
