Annual UNSW Optometry Awards function
The UNSW’s School of Optometry and Vision Science held its annual awards function at Darling Harbour recently. LEWIS WILLIAMS reports.
Southern Regional Congress 2017 Part 2
LEWIS WILLIAMS continues his report on SRC 2017 held in Melbourne earlier this year. Part one appeared in the July ...
Advances in sight-loss prevention: is it any better?
Technology has increasingly become a pervasive part of our lives and is responsible for taking medical science to new heights. ...
AMD reversed by infecting eye with common cold-like virus
Scientists trying to combat vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have found an unlikely ally – the common cold.
Dual focus contact lens can reduce myopia progression
Specially designed dual-focus contact lenses have substantially slowed myopia progression and eye elongation according to data taken from the third ...
Genetic mutation linked to childhood blindness discovered
Scientists have identified the genetic mutation that contributes to a leading form of sight loss in children.
Low-glycemic diet could help prevent AMD
A low-glycic diet may be able to slow or even stop the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) according to ...
Visual development continues longer than previously thought
The belief that vision stabilises at 25 has been debunked, after breakthrough research found it continues to develop until beyond ...
Alternative CRVO treatment 96% cheaper and just as effective
It’s been confirmed that a drug normally used to combat bowel cancer is also effective in treating central retinal vein ...
Genetics greater influence than environment on eye defects
Genetics, not environment or lifestyle, is the greatest cause of optical aberrations in otherwise healthy people according to research conducted ...