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Southern Eye Specialists provide regular Insights and Updates for our readers. These newsletters are valuable resources for New Zealand’s optometrists and GPs.
March is Glaucoma Awareness Month
Now’s the time to lock in eye health tests As you may know, March is Glaucoma Awareness Month here in New Zealand. This is when there’s an increased push to raise awareness in how Kiwis understand the disease, how treatments are researched, and how we should all be...
How virtual reality is unbalancing us
Virtual reality is changing how we ‘view’ the world – and sometimes not for the better, either.
An end to the postcode lottery
There have been recent changes in Clinical Priority Assessment Criteria (CPAC) scores, which will mean greater access and eligibility to private health services across the country.
Clinical trial success
Southern Eye Specialists was recently involved in a clinical trial that has resulted in a new drug pegcetacoplan being approved by the FDA in the USA. This is the first drug approved in the world to treat Geographic Atrophy in macular degeneration.
A window to the soul (and body)
Aside from checking your vision and the health of the eye itself, a regular eye examination is also important as a wider wellbeing check. That’s because, just as your neck bone’s connected to the head bone, as the catchy childhood rhyme says, your eyes are connected to many other systems in your body.
Stephanie’s incredible race
There’s been a bit of a celebration at the SES office with the news that our admin support superstar Stephanie Rattray came away with two gold medals in the New Zealand Para Cycling Championships in April.