8 Reasons to Focus on Diabetes in Your Practice
An intentional focus on diabetes enhances patient outcomes and has a substantial impact on the overall success and sustainability of optometry practices.
World Sight Day Inspires Sector to Focus on Child Eye Health
The World Sight Day campaign is an opportunity for individuals and organisations worldwide to unite in support of eye health for all.
Building Climate-Resilient Eye Care, a Landmark World Health Assembly Resolution
A landmark resolution marks a significant step forward in recognizing the profound threat that climate change poses to global public health, including its impacts on eye care.
Study: Artificial Intelligence as Good as Top Experts at Detecting Eye Diseases
The breakthrough research describes how machine learning technology has been successfully trained on thousands of historic de-personalised eye scans to identify features of eye disease and recommend how patients should be referred for care.
Protecting your Eyes From the Sun’s UV Light
Here are some common questions and answers about UV light and how to protect your eyes from the sun.
6 Inventions That Take Vision and Hearing Care to the Next Level
Before we plunge into 2020, let’s refresh our memories on the ingenious devices and inventions in vision and hearing care that have grabbed the limelight in 2019.
Focusing on World Sight Day 2019
World Sight Day (WSD), co-ordinated by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. This year World Sight Day falls on 10 October 2019.
Can botox affect your vision?
Guest Post by Sally Collins
Botox injections are the most popular nonsurgical cosmetic procedure globally— in 2017, 5.03 million procedures were performed all over the world. Botulinum toxin, or botox, is widely used to control muscle spasms, address severe sweating, and to temporarily smooth wrinkles. While they’re generally safe when administered by experienced doctors, botox injections could lead to some serious side effects, especially around the eye area. If you’re feeling wary about getting these procedures done, read on. (more…)
A call to action on Myopia Awareness Week
On 13–19 May 2019, which marks the Myopia Awareness Week, the World Council of Optometry and Brien Holden Vision Institute are joining hands to encourage discussions on myopia and build a movement to help mitigate its effect on people.
According to a recent study published in the scientific journal Ophthalmology, (more…)