Smartphone imaging accurately supports remote cataract referral decisions
Researchers have found a high level of agreement between cataract referral decisions based on smartphone images reviewed remotely…
Fred Hollows’s outback eye clinic faces funding crisis
Fred Hollows pioneered life-changing eye care in hundreds of Indigenous communities.(Supplied: The Fred Hollows Foundation) It is almost…
AI-powered glasses improve everyday life for disability sector amid privacy concerns
Thanks to a set of glasses, Sam Taylor no longer has to pull out his phone at the…
Lighting the way towards a new treatment for blindness
Adelaide University researchers have carried out the first in-human trial of a new type of treatment for a…
People Who Are Blind from Birth Never Develop Schizophrenia. This Could Transform Treatment
Credit: ZME Science. In 1950, two researchers noticed something that didn’t quite add up. Hector Chevigny, a writer…
How diabetes could drain $5 trillion from the global economy by 2050
New modeling shows diabetes is not only a health crisis but also a long-term economic threat, with disability,…
How the ‘amazing’ Pretzel will help Scott march in Sydney’s iconic Mardi Gras parade
Scott Dixon-Smith, who is blind, will be marching with new-found confidence in tonight’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi…
WHO validates Libya’s success in eliminating trachoma nationwide
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Libya has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, a…
Man Takes Sleep Meds Before Bed—What He Wakes Up to Unlocks ‘New Fear’
A doctor shared the scary story of what happened when he took his sleep medicine before bed, and…
WVU researchers explore how to restore vision in people with inherited blindness
A research team at the WVU is studying how to restore vision in people who develop a form…
Rutgers Health experts highlight glaucoma risks, early detection
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, prompting Rutgers Health experts to underscore the importance of early detection and public…
Expert guidelines for fungal endophthalmitis in the Asia-Pacific region
Fungal eye infections affect millions globally, with an especially high incidence in South and Southeast Asia. Yet, unlike…