Vera Wang Eyewear has released five new optical styles. The V552 metal style with hand-painted enamel on the end-piece and featuring a split end-piece giving the style a cat-eye upsweep, was spotted on Instagrammer @pamelatick this summer. It is available in pink, teal, and violet. The V558 full ace
Tête à Lunettes by Silmo winner Caroline Abram has released new shapes for girls and boys echoing the stunning adults’ line. The colourful and translucent acetate collection offers different shapes to match every kind of kid’s face from three years and up. For the girls, frames come with an accessor
Building on work started by her predecessor, new chair of RANZCO’s Women in Ophthalmology (WIO) Advisory Group Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer says she’s excited about the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of budding female ophthalmologists.
Philippa McCann was awarded the Queen's Service Medal (QSM) for services to Blind and Low Vision New Zealand, formerly Blind Foundation. Arrowtown resident McCann told Otago Daily Times she burst into tears when she realised she was to receive the honour: “I was overwhelmed, just amazed that someone
New Zealand’s optometry world was shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Michaella Dolling.
Periocular triamcinolone vs intravitreal implants for the treatment of uveitic macular oedema: the POINT trial. Ophthalmology 2019;126(2):283-295. Design: 192 adult patients with non
Eye surgeon and blindness prevention pioneer Dr James Muecke AM was named 2020 Australian of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony in Canberra on Saturday night. Dr Muecke started his medical
Retina specialists in New York have shown severe vision loss caused by self-prescribed high doses of niacin (vitamin B3) can be reversed by discontinuing the vitamin. Used for lowering cholesterol,
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) will launch a clinical trial to test the safety of a new patient-specific stem cell-based therapy to treat geographic atrophy - the advanced ‘dry’ form
University of Queensland scientists have discovered markers in the blood that can differentiate between a benign mole and a melanoma, while also identifying if the cancer has spread to other areas of
A University of Buffalo study supports existing evidence that a healthy diet can reduce the risk of developing late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and slow its progress. Published in
New research suggests vitamin D deficiency may be linked to relapses of uveitis. Associate Professor Lyndell Lim from The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) said the idea to investigate
