diabetes
Luxottica joins KeepSight; over half of optometry now registered
More than 700 practices across Australia are now supporting the eye health of people with diabetes, as major optometry provider ...
Diabetic eyecare – referrals and classifications
As Australia marks National Diabetes Week from 11-17 July, Specsavers ANZ director of optometry DR BEN ASHBY outlines the latest ...
KeepSight message tailored to Darling Downs region
Diabetes Australia (DA) has joined forces with an Indigenous-run health organisation to promote the KeepSight eye check reminder program in ...
Awareness of diabetic eye diseases lacking – MDFA poll
A survey of Australia’s working-age population has revealed that most can’t name the most common cause of blindness among their ...
Shifting the dial on diabetes-related blindness
Two years since the KeepSight launch, Insight asks what measurable difference this once-in-a-generation program is making to those living with ...
New WA children’s clinic to revolutionise diabetic eye treatment
A new diabetic eye clinic for children in Western Australia, which opened last month, is part of the Lions Eye Institute's first major ...
Ophthalmologist backs fruit juice losing ‘lofty’ five-star health rating
Eye Doctor and 2020 Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke has weighed into the debate over a major change ...
Low carb diet an antidote to type 2 diabetes?
An Australian researcher has contributed to a new study demonstrating that lower carbohydrate consumption can potentially put type 2 diabetes ...
Optometry student spearheads efforts to attract Indigenous Australians into university education
A Deakin optometry student who pursued a career in healthcare after seeing her family’s health deteriorate to diabetes and eye ...