Specsavers and Blind Low Vision NZ (BLVNZ) are collaborating to improve support for New Zealanders with low vision. Initiated earlier this year, a new programme has been designed to improve access to comprehensive services for those with low vision and ensure a seamless referral process to boost ref
With her mother having severe glaucoma in both eyes, Megan Brown has become the first person to be genetically tested for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in New Zealand.
Dr Francesc March de Ribot, a Dunedin Hospital ophthalmologist, has recently been dealing with some unusual referrals from Dunedin Wildlife Hospital. Short, uncooperative and presenting something of a language barrier, these patients have been experiencing a number of different eye problems stemming
Researchers in London have developed an AI system to help reduce the time and cost required to recruit patients for geographic atrophy trials
“Excellence-seeking” professionals from different sectors star in OPSM’s latest campaign
Significant alterations in corneal sensitivity, staining and biomechanics among alopecia areata (AA) patients indicate a potential predisposition to keratoconus, reported authors of a new Spanish stud
A New Zealand study found almost half of patients with acute anterior uveitis will develop recurrence in the same eye.
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A University of Waterloo team is developing a social robot to improve treatment adherence for amblyopia.
Optometrists and dispensing opticians joined Hoya in Auckland to celebrate the company’s half-century in optics.
The 2024 Silmo optical fair, in Paris from 20-23 September, is getting ready to welcome the world’s optics sector.
A review led by the University of Auckland’s Dr Chris Varghese found that a collaborative future between surgeons and AI will transform surgical practice.
