Optometry & Ophthalmology Feature Articles
Funding worth more than $538 million to help researchers find cures, treatments and medical devices of the future has been announced by the federal government.
In March this year, an Australian first procedure to reduce vision loss in glaucoma patients successfully took place on a woman from Newcastle at Hunter Valley Private Hospital.
Youth with a Mission (YWAM) Medical Ships and Port Moresby General Hospital's ophthalmology unit recently collaborated to serve patients with serious eye disease in Port Moresby, ...
The Australian Government is determined to improve access to health services for people living in rural and remote areas, saying it 'understands the challenges they face'.
Following on from a concept that allows seniors to operate customised user-friendly mobile phones, the world's first braille mobile phone in Australia for blind people has now been ...
The government's proposed $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund can put Australia on the world map by driving and delivering cutting-edge, lifesaving innovation – so long as it ...
The Mike Baird-led Liberal government has left NSW patients high and dry by ignoring the need for increased basic funding to hospitals in its pre-election budget, Opposition Leader ...
As the End of Financial Year approaches, The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is encouraging businesses to review their existing systems and processes to prepare for a successful ...
There are some notable health system improvements detailed in COAG Reform Council Healthcare Performance Report, however these could be reversed as a result of the government's latest ...
It has been nearly a month since the federal government delivered the 2014 Federal Budget.
The proposed GP co-payment scheme is a practical measure necessary for the long-term sustainability of Medicare however Health Minister Peter Dutton has been "let down" by colleagues ...
A bright future lies ahead for medical research with the creation of the 'world's largest medical research endowment fund', although $15 billion will be shaved off the commonwealth's ...
Most Australians oppose paying to see a doctor and believe a co-payment will simply mean more people going to emergency departments, new research commissioned by the Consumers Health ...
Five key health organisations have written to Tony Abbott to express deep concern in relation to the reports and recommendations of the National Commission of Audit (NCA), which ...
GPs are being asked to participate in an important new survey that aims to map the provision of palliative care and advance care planning services around Australia for the first time. ...
The federal government's first budget due out next month (May 2014) will include a six dollar co-payment for bulk-billed GP visits and could mean an uncertain future for Medicare ...
Following careful consideration of the scoping study commenced in November 2013, the federal government has decided to put Medibank Private up for sale through an initial public ...
There must have been vexed disappointment felt on both sides of the political arena late last year when Health Minister Peter Dutton conceded both medical practitioners and their ...
A new layer in the human cornea – discovered by researchers at The University of Nottingham last year – plays a vital role in the structure of the tissue that controls the flow of ...
The recent report that the ATO is chasing a back-log of $18 billion in debt, with small business tax payers accounting for more than 60 per cent of outstanding debt, should ring ...
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