Eyecare community chips in for bushfire response
Australia’s ophthalmic community has rallied around people hardest hit by the bushfire crisis, with practices offering free spectacle replacements and …
Adopt a family: Optometrist launches bushfire initiative
A Queensland couple who operate an independent optometry practice have devised a novel plan to support people affected by the …
Prominent George & Matilda figure among changes to OA national board
George & Matilda Eyecare’s (GME) Dr Margaret Lam is one of two newly appointed national directors to the Optometry Australia …
French company to acquire Ellex assets in multi-million-dollar deal
Ellex Medical Lasers has agreed to sell its laser and ultrasound business segment to French company Lumibird Group for $100 …
Poor vision as detrimental to learning as poverty
New research from the World Bank and international charity organisation EYElliance has found that an unaddressed vision problem can be …
Bringing dispensing out of the Twilight Zone
Is it me or does it feel like ophthalmic dispensing in Australia has been in a ‘Twilight Zone’ for the …
ICCLC turns up the music on contact lenses
In addition to cutting-edge clinical lectures, the CCLSA embraced all things Pink Floyd for the 17th International Cornea & Contact …
Sleep apnoea linked to diabetic macular oedema
New research has drawn a link between severe sleep apnoea and diabetic macular oedema, firming up the connection between the …
Genes from archaea used to prevent blindness
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