mivision News

OBA Seeks Expressions of Interest
Melanie Kell | 02 February 2012
The Optometry Board of Australia (OBA) is calling for expressions of interest from experienced optometrists and community members who are interested in being included on an approved persons list for potential panel appointments. Applications must be received... Read More
J&J Appoints Lead Aussie Researcher
mivision | 01 February 2012
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. (JJVCI) has appointed Melbourne researcher Dr. Noel Brennan to its Research and Development unit. Dr Brennan will concentrate his efforts on understanding the unique variables that determine the evolution of the visual... Read More
Q1 Retail Confidence Expected to Turn
mivision | 01 February 2012
Australian retailers continue to be pessimistic about their performance, according to the latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey. According to the report for the first quarter of 2012, ending March, 55 per cent of retailers sited slow demand ... Read More
Access to Eye Care Doubles in PNG
mivision | 01 February 2012
A sixth Vision Centre has been opened in Papua New Guinea – doubling the number of centres in the country in one year and ensuring local communities are provided with twice the eye care access. The opening of the Rabaul Vision Centre late last year was... Read More
14th CCLA Calls for Papers
mivision | 01 February 2012
The Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia (CCLSA) has called for Papers to be presented at the 14th International Cornea and Contact Lens Congress, which will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney from 12-15 October 2012. Speakers already confirmed ... Read More
Specs with Added Sound and Smell
mivision | 01 February 2012
A Japanese researcher has created glasses designed to emit audio and olfactory cues, to help you remember people you meet. The glasses are fitted with speakers and scent emitters, and are “an attempt to encourage face-to-face communication with... Read More
AUD$3m Grant to Boost Paediatric Ophthalmology
mivision | 01 February 2012
A grant of AUD$3m has enabled the Lions Eye Institute (LEI) to create a perpetual ophthalmology fellowship position for Western Australia. The aim of the fellowship is to train paediatric ophthalmologists and further research into prevention of eye injuries... Read More
Optom Registration Renewal Reaches 98.4%
mivision | 01 February 2012
A staggering 98.4 per cent of Australia’s 4,400 practicing optometrists have applied to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to renew their registration with the Optometry Board of Australia (OBA). This is the first time that... Read More
Eyeball Tattooing: The Final Frontier
mivision | 01 February 2012
Here’s a procedure that can only be described as all kinds of wrong – tattooing the whites of the eyes. BME, an internet site dedicated to tattoos and body modification, says the procedure is done using standard drawing ink and a needle, which is... Read More
Missing X and Y: Eye Health of Young Adults...
mivision | 01 February 2012
The prevalence of eye disease and blindness in young adults is being neglected because the current focus of researchers is on the elderly and very young, a Perth-based ophthalmologist has warned. Professor David Mackey said there’s a big gap in our... Read More