Simple steps to reduce eye injury
Simple steps to reduce eye injury About 30% of all eye injuries occur around the home. DIY, car repairs and gardening are the most common cause of eye injury that can be [...]
Simple steps to reduce eye injury About 30% of all eye injuries occur around the home. DIY, car repairs and gardening are the most common cause of eye injury that can be [...]
Pandemic screen-time sees a rise in short-sighted children Children spending more time inside looking at screens during the coronavirus pandemic has fuelled a rise in childhood short-sightedness (myopia). More children are needing [...]
This May, we are urging everyone in your family to consider their eye health. Early action with macular degeneration can save sight. If you are in a higher risk group – over the [...]
Are your eyes red? Are they irritated and bloodshot? Your optometrist should be the first person you see when you have red irritated eyes. What is a red eye? Your eyes [...]
Around 300,000 Australians have glaucoma, but half of them don’t know they have it! World Glaucoma Week (March 6 - 12) aims to focus attention on the disease and increase glaucoma testing around [...]
Most learning activities are visual, having your child’s eyes checked before they start the new year of academic learning is a good idea. One in five children in Australia has an undetected vision [...]
Most people choose to wear sunglasses to cut down on the sun’s glare. We all know the damage that the sun can do to your skin, but did you know that the sun also [...]
Dry eye syndrome is a complex condition that presents with an array of possible symptoms. The main two types of dry eye are 1. aqueous tear deficiency and 2. evaporative dry eye (also [...]
How can myopia be treated? Myopia treatment can be looked at in two ways. 1. The first deals with correcting the blurred vision that someone with myopia sees. Myopic patients struggle to see [...]
Do you know what myopia is? Myopia – also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness – is a common eye condition affecting many Australians. Myopia causes distant objects to be blurred, leading to symptoms [...]