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RANZCO has joined other specialist medical colleges across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia in welcoming the temporary postponement of all non-urgent elective surgery...

My children are very aware of my condition and know that they must have regular eye tests, especially the peripheral tests...

It’s very different to go from reading about the disease in a textbook, to seeing how it changes people’s lives.

For patients with glaucoma, the ability to detect any changes in their peripheral vision (visual field) is critical to their management...

In my forties, I began to need help with reading in poor light and fine print. I had my eyes tested and acquired reading glasses...

My mum was diagnosed with glaucoma when I was very young, and by the time she was 80 years old, she was legally blind...

Swimming goggles form a tight space around our eyes and an individual’s IOP may increase. The tighter the goggles, or the smaller they are relative to the eyes, the more likely the swimming goggles will increase IOP...

While glaucoma seems to be a problem that only affects your eye, there are some health conditions that are more common in people with glaucoma...

One of our body’s natural responses to stress, whether physical or psychological, is the release of cortisol – a steroid that is part of our fight or flight response...