US-based Eyedaptic has launched the Eye6 smartglasses for patients with retinal diseases, with the company saying eyecare practices are regularly reporting six lines’ visual acuity improvement. The
The 2024 Lancet Commission’s report on dementia has added vision loss as a new modifiable risk factor for dementia, along with high cholesterol. Led by a team from the Division of Psychiatry, Universi
Initially scheduled to be available in June 2024, Aspen Pharmacare’s Eikance 0.01% atropine drops are now available to prescribers in New Zealand.
A study in China showed artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately identify myopia, strabismus and ptosis in children aged six to 12 years old from smartphone images.
oDocs Eye Care has launched a new app, Helios, to improve patient-specialist communication and information sharing.
New Zealand’s second optometry workforce salary survey is now open for all registered optometrists. The anonymous, voluntary survey is conducted by Robert Ng, senior lecturer at the University of Au
The launch of the NZ branch of the Dry Eye Association was a well-attended public event, providing DED sufferers an opportunity to share their perspectives.
Heidelberg Engineering announced the FDA has cleared the Spectralis OCT angiography (OCTA) module with Shift technology, which halves the device’s previous image acquisition time.
Global toy giant Mattel has released a blind Barbie and a Black Barbie with Down syndrome, encouraging more children to tell their stories through play.
With a company name resembling the double O in the Olympic rings, Woow is aptly celebrating the recent Paris Olympic Games with the launch of a new festive sun and optical collection. Model Go Further (featured here) redefines the starting and the finish line, its colourful parentheses creating a pl
Hospitals would do well to put a folding chair or stool in patients’ rooms to enable eye-to-eye contact from clinicians to aid patient recovery, revealed a US study.
Two optometrists have been found in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights after a woman lost sight in her right eye due to a retinal detachment. The deputy health and disability commissioner (HDC) ruled the optometrists failed to provide services with reasonable care
