US comedienne Kate Flannery has partnered with the Contact Lens Institute (CLI) to encourage eyecare professionals to consider the EASY Way when discussing healthy wear-and-care routines with soft con
Led by grassroots movement Phoropter Free Fridays (PFF), optometrists in Australia are heeding the call to join the Health Services Union (HSU) advocating for fair compensation, improved workplace conditions, patient-focused practices and better support for professional growth and career pathways.
After a quiet start to the first morning, visitor numbers at the 2025 ODMA three-day fair at Sydney’s ICC conference and exhibition centre increased rapidly, attracting more than 3,300 visitors from independent practices across Australasia, including 60 from New Zealand.
It’s amazing how many medical conferences are held in Hawaii – a clear testament to what an excellent environment it is for learning. There is a large convention centre beside the river, a stone’s throw from Waikiki beach, the air is warm and Hawaii gets the trade winds, which prevent it from getti
With a brand-new catalogue, a streamlined website and newly organised, simple-to-understand product ranges, including its bespoke case, cloth and lens cleaner packages, Optica Life Accessories was celebrating months of hard work to make everything much simpler for customers at ODMA25.
London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital pitted consultant ophthalmologists against their more junior colleagues to compare immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgeries (ISBCS) outcomes over three years to better understand the relationship between the grade of surgeon and ISBCS outcomes.
Well-known New Zealand eyewear distributor Little Peach took a double booth at ODMA25 as part of its new push across the Tasman for its brand Face & Cie.
As clinicians, we are witnessing a silent crisis: keratoconus prevalence in Māori rangatahi is 1:45, eight times higher than in European populations. Despite corneal crosslinking (CXL) halting its progression, most patients present with advanced disease. Typically, young people arrive after failing
Having completed New Zealand's 3,026km Te Araroa Trail in 2023 to raise funds for his charity Eye Care for Africa, Hawke’s Bay optometrist Niall McCormack is at it again. This time, he is walking the length of the UK to raise more funds for Eye Care for Africa and Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ).
A group of researchers in China has recommended people at high risk of AMD avoid instant coffee.
Researchers at the University of Adelaide found that intravitreal use of the bevacizumab biosimilar MVASI has a similar ophthalmic safety profile and may be used as an alternative to Avastin. Alth
A UK study found visual processing speed can predict dementia risk 12 years before diagnosis by conventional assessment. Researchers at Loughborough University and Cambridge University conducted
