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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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