A Swiss study of 73 eyes and 56 patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and/or diabetic macular oedema (DMO) has demonstrated a false-positive rate of just 6.1% when using home monitoring
A University of Melbourne study has shown that clinical audits and receiving analytical performance feedback positively altered how optometrists documented their age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) patients’ care.
A large-scale study analysing data from diabetic patients has demonstrated that diabetic retinopathy (DR) progression and diabetic macular oedema (DMO) development increase with higher DR severity and there appears to be distinct clinical subtypes.
Whitianga-based Mercury Bay Optometrist’s Brett Howes had an unusual patient call in the holidays after a young, Little Blue penguin was found disorientated on Matarangi Beach during the day and taken to the local Kuaotunu Bird Rescue centre.
The Centre for Eye Research Australia’s (CERA’s) 12th annual Gerard Crock Lecture focused on the future of eye health and what we need to do to eliminate preventable blindness. Delivered late last year, the lecture was given virtually by Melbourne Laureate Professor Hugh Taylor, the Harold Mitchell
A US study analysing contact lens sensors recording ocular dimensional changes in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) confirms nocturnal intraocular pressure (IOP) variability is
Several members of the Australian eye health community were recognised in the 2021 Australia Day Honours List. The honours acknowledge the significant service of individuals to their specific field
Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) celebrated 11 years late last year, marking the occasion with a warm, friendly affair at Foundation on George Café in Newmarket, Auckland, and treating invited guests to some delicious light refreshments and bubbly.
New Zealand-based social enterprise and ophthalmic diagnostic technology company, oDocs Eye Care, has been awarded two Health Delivery Research Activation Grants from the Health Research Council (HRC) to study the feasibility of a New Zealand teleophthalmology service and the cost-effectiveness of a
An international team, including researchers from Surrey University in the UK and Harvard in the US, has developed an ultra-thin sensor for use in ‘smart’ contact lenses. The sensor detects
Poorly focused YAG laser shots to remove post-cataract posterior capsular opacification (POC) can result in irreparable damage to the intraocular lens (IOL) and permanently reduce vision quality.
A 78-year-old Israeli man, Jamal Furani, regained vision after he was implanted with an artificial corneal implant, giving hope to millions of corneal blind people currently relying on