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Lifestyle costs to our ocular surface
“Flight NZ29 is ready to board at Gate 4…” I’m in transit in Houston Airport, returning from my first in-person attendance in four years at the Association...
RANZCO Vision 2030: providing better vision care in Aotearoa
New Zealand’s eyecare world and everyone else who cares about the eye health of New Zealanders are being urged to review and contribute to the Royal Australian...
SCC2023 is coming to Sydney!
Myopia, keratoconus, suspicious intraocular lesions, optic nerve stroke, diabetic retinopathy and inflammatory eye disease are just some of the topics...
News from ARVO 2023
The 2023 five-day Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference was held in New Orleans, bringing many ophthalmic researchers...
Post-surgery opioids ‘over-prescribed’ in NZ
New Zealand’s healthcare providers are over-prescribing opioids to patients post-surgery, potentially fuelling addiction, a new study has found.
A trip to Morrocco
Etnia Barcelona is continuing its 20th anniversary celebrations with a new capsule collection created by photographer Mous Lamrabat, who also shot the...
Stars and their eyes… Rick Wakeman
British keyboardist for 1970s rockers Yes and David Bowie, Rick Wakeman recently admitted his many health woes now include macular generation in his left...
CCLS webinar: cosmetic considerations
The Cornea and Contact Lens Society (CCLS) is hosting a webinar on the impact of cosmetics on the ocular surface on Wednesday 7 June at 7.30pm NZ standard...
Leonardo’s myopia-management boost
EssilorLuxottica’s open-learning platform, Leonardo, has been boosted with exclusive podcasts on clinical communication in myopia management, created by...
Space mission
Silhouette has partnered with aspiring American astronaut Alyssa Carson, featuring its Titan Minimal Art collection.
Astellas acquires Iveric for US$5.9bn
Astellas Pharma has acquired Iveric Bio for US$5.9bn, to further its goal of becoming a world-class ophthalmology entity with a focus on blindness and...
MIGS safe in POAG myopes
A study of Allergan’s Xen45 minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) implant concluded it was safe and effective in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG)...
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