Macular Degeneration Awareness Week 22-28 May 2016   Next week is Macular Degeneration Awareness week, an annual campaign initiated by Macular Disease Foundation Australia to raise awareness of the risk factors and symptoms of macular degeneration. We encourage all Australians at risk of the disease to have an eye test and macula check. In the early stages of Macular...Read More

Eye Screening for Children (Adapted from American Academy of Ophthalmology) Why is regular vision screening so important? Good vision is key to a child’s physical development, success in school and overall well-being. The vision system is not fully formed in babies and young children, and equal input from both eyes is necessary for the brain’s...Read More

Are they missing out? Paediatric vision problems can often go undetected for many years. Children are resilient. They adapt to their situation and surroundings. So much so that we as adults sometimes forget how it can feel to be excluded. Take 50 seconds to watch this video and feel for a moment what it must...Read More

The optomap ultra-widefield retinal image is a unique technology that captures more than 80% of your retina in one panoramic image while traditional imaging methods typically only show 15%. Early signs of these conditions can show on your retina long before you notice any changes to your vision or feel pain. While eye exams generally...Read More

Did you know that in NSW 4 people are diagnosed with diabetes every hour*? What is it? Diabetes is the name given to a group of different conditions in which there is too much glucose in the blood. However, we need to maintain healthy levels of glucose in our blood for our bodies to work...Read More

Macular Degeneration Have you heard of it? Do you have it? Will you get it? How do you treat it? HOW DO I PREVENT IT?    Read More

1 in 4 people are still not heeding the call to action to have their eyes tested and macula checked despite 80% being aware of macular degeneration. 1 Vision Excellence  is supporting Macular Disease Foundation Australia in urging local residents at risk to see their local optometrist and take control of their eye health during Macular...Read More

BEAT INVISIBLE GLAUCOMA – IT’S B.I.G. A new campaign launched this week – Beat Invisible Glaucoma – is calling on Australians to fight the disease which is the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness. More than 300,000 Australians have this disease but only half know about it; mostly because they haven’t had a simple optic...Read More

You may be aware of the dangers of UV exposure to your skin, but are you aware that your eyes are vulnerable to UV damage anytime of the day, anytime of the year? Almost 60 per cent of Australians believe it is only the midday sun that poses the greatest UV threat but this not...Read More

Are your child’s eyes ready for the classroom? Children’s Vision Screening is crucial in order to maintain healthy vision which is important for your child’s educational, physical and social development and to help them reach their full learning potential. Did you know that 1 in 4 children has an undetected eye problem? With 80 per...Read More