The study, published recently in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, included outcomes for more than 180 patients treated at the UNSW’s Centre for Eye Health. Read more


The study, published recently in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, included outcomes for more than 180 patients treated at the UNSW’s Centre for Eye Health. Read more

New GA CEO Ms Annie Gibbins launched the event, this year held in Sydney Tower, which was attended by representatives of ophthalmology, optometry, orthoptics, Read more

The six-month clinical trial, lead by outgoing CERA managing director Professor Jonathan Crowston and conducted by Dr Flora Hui, will aim to prove that Read more

The funding was announced by the Minister for Aged Care and Indigenous Health, Mr Ken Wyatt, who said it would help tackle the world’s Read more

Gibbins, who has a background as a CEO of various associations and societies, said she was excited about starting the role and was confident Read more

The event highlighted the collaboration between the three organisations, which have come together to raise awareness about glaucoma and establish one of the largest Read more

Bionode, a company affiliated with the Center for Implantable Devices (CID) at Purdue University, Indiana, created the wearable neuro-modulation, that provides a non-invasive approach Read more

Traditionally, ophthalmologists use a slit lamp to measure whether a person’s eye has a shallow anterior chamber, one of the key indicators of this Read more

The Glaucoma Workplace allows users to integrate individual data sets into a single visualisation. This helps to guide assessments by spotlighting changes in progression Read more

Under a recently signed morandum of understanding, Glaucoma Australia has become a MedAdvisor health association partner, joining a network that includes organisations such as Read more

The team behind World Glaucoma Week (12-18 Mar) is hoping to change the status quo with a global awareness campaign that encourages people to Read more

The panel investigated the advertising after a complaint was made, the complainant requesting anonymity.The advertisent was headed Bright Eyes Eye Drops For Glaucoma Read more
What was expected to be a four-five-day hearing was originally scheduled to commence on 4 August, however a directions hearing held in the Supre Read more

All eight genes provide unexpected insights into the disease process of glaucoma and how the shape of the eye could contribute to the disease Read more
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, in conjunction with the University of St Andrews and University of Aberdeen in Scotland, compared two Read more
It has erged that the OBA (and other such boards under the overall administration of the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority) can do almost Read more

Glaucoma is known as a ‘difficult-to-diagnose’ disease, with up to 70% of neurons being lost before an individual notices vision loss thselves – hence Read more
In its 23 Novber submission, the OBA said to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority that optometrists should be permitted to initiate and then Read more
OAA has done so in a submission to the OBA, saying it believes in the major amendments allowing optometrists with the experience, interest and Read more

The association believes the amendments proposed, in particular the opportunity for optometrists to independently prescribe glaucoma medications, are relevant and align with the objectives Read more