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Glaucoma - A Patient's Perspective
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 4:55 pm | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
In the lead up to World Glaucoma Week (10-16 March), The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) interviewed two patients with Glaucoma to stress the importance of early detection and effective treatment. More >>
Lack of Sun Exposure Linked with Short-Sightedness
Monday, 26 November 2012, 4:55 pm | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
A study of 1,400 young adults in Western Australia has shown that lack of exposure to sunlight is associated with short-sightedness (myopia). Researchers used a new camera system – developed in Sydney – to take ultraviolet photographs to assess ... More >>
Eye Specialists Warning – Don’t Look Directly At the Sun
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 12:13 pm | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
From 10.15am today Venus will pass by the sun. This is a hugely significant event in history – it's the very same occurrence that James Cook was dispatched to Tahiti on HMS Endeavour to observe and one that won't happen again until 2117. More >>
Call for funding for vision-saving drug
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 2:14 pm | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
New Zealand Ophthalmologists (eye doctors) have repeated their call for government funding of a drug which treats the leading cause of blindness. More >>
NZers Going Blind - Lack of Access to Treatments
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 11:37 am | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
Thousands more New Zealanders will go blind unnecessarily, than previously thought, because they cannot get access to a newly developed treatment, which is funded in other developed countries, according to a world expert on age-related macular degeneration ... More >>
Ophthalmologists endorse HDC report
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 11:21 am | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
The New Zealand Branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists has noted the report from the Health and Disability Commissioner regarding the Southland Ophthalmologist, named as Dr C. More >>
Eye specialists join call for fireworks ban
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 12:05 am | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
Medical eye specialists have joined the call for fireworks to be banned from public sale. More >>
Ophthalmology more than cataracts - RANZCO
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 3:08 pm | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
Ophthalmologists have welcomed the news that more people than planned have received cataract surgery. Health Minister Pete Hodgson announced today that 330 more cataract operations have been carried out in the 11 months to 31 May than had been planned. More >>
Eye specialists' advise on fats link with disease
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 12:02 am | Royal Australian and NZ College of Opthalmologists
Medical eye specialists said today that a varied diet without excessive animal or vegetable fat intake could help reduce the risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), as well as heart disease. More >>
