Dropout, hygiene compliance and other issues associated with contact lens wear will be the focus of a new study by UNSW researchers who are asking their optometry colleagues to assist in a recruitment drive.
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Aussie-led dry eye registry paints fuller picture of disease landscape
Eyecare professionals are being reminded to participate in a new dry eye registry, led by Sydney’s Save Sight Institute (SSI), that will help the industry better determine the long-term effectiveness and safety of treatments.
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AMD visual field testing of little clinical relevance, Sydney study finds
Researchers from the Centre for Eye Health (CFEH) and UNSW have published a new review demonstrating visual field testing in early and intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) reveals statistically significant, but not clinically relevant, differences in visual function.
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UNSW PhD candidate creates video to share with patients for World Sight Day
Mr Jeremy Chiang, a PhD candidate at the School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW, has created a short animated video to help the general public understand the importance of regular eye tests as part of World Sight Day 2021.
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Australian-made HP-OCT to hit the market
Melbourne company Cylite is putting the final touches on its Hyperparallel-OCT (HP-OCT) ahead of its official launch next month. The company discusses its journey up until this point and the sophistication that sets its technology apart.
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Detect and treat: contact lens technologies of the future
Insight explores how contact lens innovations are venturing beyond conventional boundaries as a means of vision correction, to another realm where new technological features are being developed for diagnostic and drug-delivery purposes.
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New tech ‘will change night vision landscape forever’
New infrared night vision technology that is extremely lightweight, cheap and easy to mass produce could be applied to standard glasses and make it safer to drive at night, Australian researchers claim.
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People on the move – June 2021
Welcome to ‘People on the move’, Insight’s new monthly bulletin to keep the Australian ophthalmic sector updated on new appointments and personnel changes.
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Supply debate reignites as optometry boasts strong employment rate
New figures have revealed that optometry graduates have among the highest rates of full-time employment compared with other sectors, sparking debate over future workforce supply that will increase significantly once the first set of graduates emerge from optometry schools in Western Australia and Canberra.
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UNSW cements partnership to develop novel therapeutic contact lenses
Sydney researchers are collaborating with Uka Tarsadia University in India to investigate using contact lenses as drug delivery systems for common ocular diseases like glaucoma, dry eye and myopia.
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