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Stem Cells for Macular Degeneration
One of the most difficult things in health care, both for patients and doctors, is dealing with diseases and conditions that have no treatment. The ...
January 30, 2012
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Auld Lang Syne and Albinism
2011 seems to me to have gone especially quickly, and to have been perhaps especially portentous. Devastating floods in Brisbane and south Queensland, tsunami in ...
December 31, 2011
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The eyes are windows to … general health
Many diseases that affect the health of the body as a whole can damage the eyes or cause changes in the eyes that doctors and ...
October 23, 2011
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Diabetes
Around 1.7 million Australians have diabetes, and almost 6000 children under 14 have type 1 diabetes. Half of Australia’s diabetics probably don’t know they have ...
September 20, 2011
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Lions Recycle for Sight
The Lions Clubs have had a long tradition of supporting eye care. I have been very grateful to the Aspley Lions Club in particular for ...
August 28, 2011
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Flowmaxtra and the Floppy Iris
People often ask me why they need a current referral to see an ophthalmologist. The bureaucratic answer is that without a referral you can’t access ...
July 31, 2011
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