“Blow winds, and crack your cheeks!” That’s from Shakespeare’s King Lear. He wasn’t asking to go blind but just describing…
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Optometrists nationwide rejoiced when Sid the Seagull updated his iconic Cancer Council message to slip slop slap, seek, SLIDE. However,…
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Amid the post-wedding glow of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, we ponder the importance of our eyes to determine a…
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A pilot myopia awareness week kicked off in NSW today to raise awareness of an alarming increase in prevalence in…
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Half of the 300,000 Australians with glaucoma are unaware they have the potentially blinding condition because they lack noticeable symptoms…
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Thousands of children will be immediately disadvantaged in 2018 as they start, or return to school, because they simply cannot…
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When 21-year-old Hyeon Chung from South Korea defeated former world number one Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the fourth…
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If there was ever a cautionary tale about swimming with your contact lenses on, it’s the 34 cases of ‘Acanthamoeba…
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Optometry Australia welcomes world-first 24-hour sleep and activity guidelines launched yesterday by Health Minister Greg Hunt at Parliament House in…
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Optometry Australia is supportive of any screening for diabetic retinopathy in patients. And, while it welcomes the artificial intelligence screenings…
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