Smartphone gaming rapidly reduces blink rate in children
Smartphone gaming induces dry eye symptoms and reduces blinking in school-aged children, researchers at UNSW have found. According to their ...
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A pandemic-influenced care model – Cathy Lewis
COVID-19 has forced the eyecare sector to establish new care models that give equal consideration to timely access and safety, ...
Showing kids what they can do
Can:Do 4Kids aims to enable low vision children across all areas throughout their lives. The service works collaboratively with orthoptists ...
New WA children’s clinic to revolutionise diabetic eye treatment
A new diabetic eye clinic for children in Western Australia, which opened last month, is part of the Lions Eye Institute's first major ...
Long-term study shows daily disposables ‘have minimal effect’ on children’s ocular physiology
Recently published results of an extensive study into the physiological response to daily disposable soft contact lenses are adding to ...
Telling it like it is: kids and contact lenses
A multitude of studies both on self-esteem and myopia control show kids as young as eight can manage contact lenses ...
Hoya launches defocus myopia lens for children
Australian eyecare professionals will have access to a new myopia control spectacle lens from 1 October when Hoya Lens Australia ...
Misconceptions and quirks of Australians unveiled in new eye health survey
Australia’s spending and hygiene habits have been laid bare in a survey that casts a new light on the country’s ...