Ophthalmic insights

The number of registered medical practitioners in Australia has passed 900,000 for the first time, according to the Australian Health...

A Japanese trial involving a world-first stem-cell transplant has improved the vision of three people with significant cornea damage. The...

Scientists have made a connection between climate change and patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions. Research in the US has...

Optometry Australia (OA) is renewing its call for the Federal Government to reinstate Medicare-subsidised eye exams every two years for...

The momentum building behind EssilorLuxottica was a key theme at the company’s annual eyecare roadshow across Australia and New Zealand,...

Optometry Australia (OA) and its state divisions have launched their 2025 conference calendar, designed to elevate member experience “through a...

Space travel can wreak havoc on the ocular system for reasons partially understood, but insights we glean from how the...

Medical bodies are calling for Australia’s only national private hospital operator, Healthscope, and private health funds to resolve their dispute...

Practitioner title protection and the “unnecessarily complex” process to make reforms around issues like drug prescribing are among longstanding issues...

Optometry Australia believes more needs to be done to maximise the potential of the profession Down Under, despite ranking well...