Dry and cosmetics: what does the research tell us

The quest to enhance human beauty with eye makeup began thousands of years ago. Today it continues with an unremitting passion. But there is a dark side...

Scleral lenses and ocular surface disease

Scleral lenses provide patients with many benefits and are an extremely useful adjunct in treating patients with ocular surface disease (OSD). Step three...

Inflammasomes and DED

The optimal management of dry eye disease (DED) often seems an enigma. A recently published collaborative review, by Ocular Surface Laboratory (OSL) and...

Quantum molecular resonance treatment for DED: a randomised controlled trial

This randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial investigated the effects of quantum molecular resonance (QMR) on the signs and symptoms of dry...

Equitable Māori eye health in practice

Ocular health disparities between Māori and non-Māori are well-recognised1, with current epistemologies of Western medicine failing to acknowledge the...

Refractive revelations: Laser Eye Centre Education Evening

Arriving at Hamilton’s Laser Eye Centre's Education Evening, I knew I was in for an experience that would transcend the boundaries of my profession as...

Should we put the eye into AI?

OK, I’ll admit it: as a journalist and copywriter, I use the artificial intelligence (AI) language model ChatGPT. Before your opinion of me sours, let...

Covid and ocular surface disease

In February of 2021, a 42-year-old woman was referred to our ocular surface disease clinic with ongoing symptoms of dry eye following her SARSCoV2 (Covid)...

Female hormones and the ocular surface

An optimum balance of hormones is required to maintain tear film integrity and ocular surface health. These hormones, particularly in women, can be responsible...

Eye Surgery Associate’s winter’s tale

Starring Tauranga-based ophthalmologist Dr Cheefoong Chong, heading a stellar supporting cast of Drs Hussain Patel, Monika Pradhan, Yi Wei Goh and Tracey...

Eyes on the prize: the case for gaming lenses

For the past few years, we have been hearing a lot about blue-light filtering lenses. Some swear by them, others think they are just another marketing...

Approaches to dry eye diagnosis and management across the world

The Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) second Dry Eye Workshop (DEWS II) reports were published in 2017. These brought practitioners up to date...

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