Optometrist Seeing Red
Written by: Juanne Lee Pui Xin It is not just a matter of getting spectacles done. Your vision may be good, but is your eye health in tip-top condition? History …
Singapore Optometric Association
Written by: Juanne Lee Pui Xin It is not just a matter of getting spectacles done. Your vision may be good, but is your eye health in tip-top condition? History …
Pat Lim,1, Wanwen Lan,4,6 Wei Qi Ping,2 Louis Tong.3,4,5,6 Affiliations: Singapore Chung Hwa Medical Institution, Singapore Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore Singapore Eye Research …
Traditional Chinese Medicine in Dry Eye Syndrome Read More »
Recently I’ve attended three different conferences ; one in Vegas USA – GSLS ( Global Specialty Lens Symposium ), one in Shanghai – COOC ( International Congress of Ophthalmology & …
Koh Lian Buck, BSc(Hons) Optom UK To the optometrist, Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) is probably the next most common problem we see other than examining refractive errors in patients’ eyes. …
Most common and uncommon vision related problems and disorders can be identified without the aid of cutting-edge equipments in the optometric practices. Most of these problems can be managed and …
Common and uncommon ocular problem and disorders Read More »
Peter G Swann Case Report: A fifty-year old Chinese male reported to our Clinic for a routine eye examination. He complained of poor near vision with his reading glasses. Long …
Binocular diplopia is a complex condition involving the extra-ocular muscles and the oculo-motor(CNlll), trochlear (CNlV) and abducens (CNVl) cranial nerves. It has a variety of aetiologies, may be congenital or …
For an optometrist, nothing is more horrified than his or her first-ever encounter of patient suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed soon after inserted a contact lens on the eye. As …
Oculocardiac, Vasovagal reflexes, and Contact Lens Wear Read More »
Aetiology and Risk factorsEpiretinal membrane has also been termed as macular pucker, epimacular membrane, preretinal macular fibrosis, surface-wrinkling retinopathy. It is a semi-translucent fibrocellular tissue proliferates on the surface of …
Ivan Y-F Leung1, BSc(Hons)Optom, PhD, FAAO Key Words: AREDS2, lutein, zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, DHA, EPA 1 University of Manchester, Singapore, FSI Optometry Degree Programme, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore; Introduction The Age-Related Eye …
Nutritional Supplementation: AREDS > AREDS2 > Where are we going? Read More »