Ophthalmology News
Chairman sees long-term Vision Group model working well
Wednesday October 28, 2009
WHEN Vision Group floated five years ago, investors fell over themselves to get a bit of the action.It Looks Like A Vision Splendid, So Why Has The Share Price Gone On The Blink?
Saturday August 23, 2008
"I've got no idea," says the ophthalmology company's chief executive. "You tell me why we're so undervalued." Christopher Webb reports.One-eyed Hawk Kept Sight Of The Main Game
Tuesday September 13, 2005
JOHN LLEWELLYN COLVIN, AM EDUCATOR, INNOVATOR IN OPHTHALMOLOGY 14-1-1929 - 6-8-2005Regenera Drug Makes Eye Contact With Us
Friday April 8, 2005
DRUG developer Regenera will start receiving royalty income from next year after signing a licensing deal worth up to $US140 million ($A183 million) with a leading US ophthalmology company.A Future Focused On Ophthalmology
Saturday January 17, 2004
Dr Anna Pang, currently completing her intern year at the Austin Hospital, wants to pursue a career in ophthalmology. She speaks to ophthalmic surgeon Dr Rick Wolfe, the director of Vista Laser Eye Clinics, about how to get there.Foundation Healthcare
Tuesday June 5, 2001
FOUNDATION Healthcare (FNC) announced on Friday the sale of its diagnostics assets to strategic partner Sonic Healthcare. Foundation will receive $32million on what Wilson HTM believes will be the first of three asset sales to be announced over the next two months as part of FNC's expansion into ophthalmology (eyes). `Foundation is suffering along with a number of other industry consolidation players as the market seeks clear evidence before re-rating the stock,' says the broker, which argues the share pricDr Eddie Donaldson
Monday June 5, 2000
Dr Eddie Donaldson AO Ophthalmologist 1920 - 2000 A brilliant light of the Australian medical profession has gone out with the death of the doyen of Australian ophthalmology, Dr Eddie Donaldson, at the age of 79. He was a pioneer with a global reputation in retinal surgery and was respectedNew Link In Cigs, Cataracts
Friday August 20, 1999
NEW findings on the link between cataracts and smoking added weight to calls for cigarette packets to carry warnings about blindness, a leading eye researcher said yesterday. Professor Hugh Taylor, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Melbourne, said a population-based study of 5000 peBig City Hospitals Braced For Cuts
Tuesday September 3, 1996
The Prince of Wales and Prince Henry hospitals will lose 100 beds and 290 full-time staff positions between them under a finalised proposal to cut more than $24 million from the health budget of south-east Sydney. The plan will also see the closure of the Prince of Wales's ophthalmology unit, itsEye Clinics Forced To Look At The Options
Friday August 23, 1996
Eye services in Sydney are to be changed significantly due to cuts in the South Eastern Area health budget. The proposals are to retain either the Sydney Eye Hospital or the Prince of Wales ophthalmology department; to combine the two in some fashion; or to move one out of the area, preferably toDogs In The Home The Greatest Risk
Tuesday November 21, 1995
from Dr Susan Carden, fellow in paediatric ophthalmology, Royal Children's Hospital; and Virginia Routley, coordinator, Victorian Injury Surveillance System. The Age editorial (13/11) under the heading Legislation with Teeth would appear to have given the incorrect impression about injuries to cThings That Go Snap! In The Night
Wednesday September 27, 1995
FORGET that old cliche "love is blind". Eye doctors in the United States are now saying that love can actually be blinding. They claim making love can cause temporary loss of vision and have documented six cases of sex-induced blindness in a recent edition of Archives of Ophthalmology.Study Blames Hospitals For Waiting Lists
Saturday October 8, 1994
MORE than 56,000 patients had their surgery cancelled last year because of public hospital funding problems, according to a national survey of specialist doctors. The study, commissioned by the Australian Medical Association, asked 450 surgeons working in orthopaedics, ophthalmology, ear, nose aKennett Pledges Cash For Medical Research
Tuesday August 2, 1994
Victorian medical research will get more money in the State Government's September budget, the Premier, Mr Kennett announced yesterday. The Premier revealed the funding boost at the opening of an ophthalmology laboratory at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. The Premier would not eleboEye Care In The `ozone Crisis'
Monday December 6, 1993
from Hugh R. Taylor, professor of ophthalmology, University of Melbourne The `Age' is to be congratulated for its excellent review of the ``Ozone Crisis" (24/11). It gave a realistic review of the technical concepts of this important public health issue, although it did not say what these reallStudies Open Eyes To Failing Sight
Tuesday March 9, 1993
One in five people over age of 40 do nothing about their failing vision, according to one of Australia's first population-based studies into urban eye diseases. Professor Hugh Taylor, of University of Melbourne's Ophthalmology Department, said last night that it was now apparent that many All Black Forwards Diagnosed By The Doc
Thursday July 2, 1992
"The problem with the All Blacks," said Dr Mark Loane by phone from his Brisbane ophthalmology practice yesterday, "is that generally, their forwards have lost their ability to advance the ball in the simple forward rushes that used to be so devastating, and specifically that theiDog Lazy? Try Sunnies
Wednesday May 13, 1992
Older dogs may soon be wearing sunglasses - for purely medical reasons, of course. Dr Craig Fischer, an animal ophthalmology expert from Florida in the United States, said yesterday that the pupils of older dogs and cats were less elastic and harder to constrict, thus causing eye discomforMicroscope A Surgical Eye-opener
Wednesday April 15, 1992
A Melbourne engineer has invented a miniaturised operating microscope, worn as a pair of spectacles. Two companies are investigating the commercial potential of the microscope, known as the MUDO (Melbourne University department of ophthalmology) Loupe. It is hoped the ``spectacles" will evenEye Hospital Will Die, Says Professor
Friday September 6, 1991
Sydney Eye Hospital would ultimately die "like a person left quietly hemorrhaging on the side of the road" if the Minister for Health did not make a firm commitment about its future, the hospital's Professor of Ophthalmology warned yesterday. Professor Frank Billson resigned as