OPSM NZ new country manager
OPSM has appointed Tegan Matheson to a new role as country eyecare manager for New Zealand. Matheson joined the EssilorLuxottica group in 2014 as an optical dispenser, later graduating as an
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SCC2023 is coming to Sydney!
Myopia, keratoconus, suspicious intraocular lesions, optic nerve stroke, diabetic retinopathy and inflammatory eye disease are just some of the topics confirmed for this year’s Specsavers Clinical
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RANZCO Vision 2030: providing better vision care in Aotearoa
New Zealand’s eyecare world and everyone else who cares about the eye health of New Zealanders are being urged to review and contribute to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO’s) national eye health plan to reduce the number of Kiwi’s going bling needlessly.
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Lifestyle costs to our ocular surface
“Flight NZ29 is ready to board at Gate 4…” I’m in transit in Houston Airport, returning from my first in-person attendance in four years at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology conference (ARVO). As I mentally prepare for the 14.5 hours aboard my waka rererangi, I reflect on what
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News from ARVO 2023
The 2023 five-day Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference was held in New Orleans, bringing many ophthalmic researchers from across the world face-to-face for the first time since the Covid pandemic. The following is a selection of just a few of the studies and breakth
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Post-surgery opioids ‘over-prescribed’ in NZ
New Zealand’s healthcare providers are over-prescribing opioids to patients post-surgery, potentially fuelling addiction, a new study has found.
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Kāpō Māori access and service explained
Kāpō Māori Aotearoa (KMA) has released a Māori referral pathway to improve access to its Specialist Kāpō Māori Service (SKMS).
Susanne Bradley3 min read
A trip to Morrocco
Etnia Barcelona is continuing its 20th anniversary celebrations with a new capsule collection created by photographer Mous Lamrabat, who also shot the campaign’s images. The Zebra Heritage vol 3 collection is a tribute to the traditions, culture, colours and textures of the artist’s Moroccan heritag
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CCLS webinar: cosmetic considerations
The Cornea and Contact Lens Society (CCLS) is hosting a webinar on the impact of cosmetics on the ocular surface on Wednesday 7 June at 7.30pm NZ standard time. Founders of UK-based award-winning
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Stars and their eyes… Rick Wakeman
British keyboardist for 1970s rockers Yes and David Bowie, Rick Wakeman recently admitted his many health woes now include macular generation in his left eye.
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Thank you for your service!
The Lighthouse Vision Trust has farewelled occupational therapist Gail Hughes and optometrist John Veale, who tirelessly served the Christchurch low vision community at Burwood Hospital’s Low Vision Clinic for 15 and 30-plus years, respectively.
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Leonardo’s myopia-management boost
EssilorLuxottica’s open-learning platform, Leonardo, has been boosted with exclusive podcasts on clinical communication in myopia management, created by Dr Kate Gifford, founder and director of Myopia Profile.
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