Mar 2020
Wodonga Man Told he’d be Blind by 50 Defies the Odds
At the young age of 32 and with no prior family history of glaucoma, the furthest thing from Milton Mann’s mind was the risk of going blind ...
Mar 2020
Kirk Pengilly: Return from the Brink of Blindness
Kirk Pengilly, of INXS fame, was just 29 when he came within millimetres of losing his sight to acute angle closure glaucoma...
Mar 2020
Making Collaborative Care a Reality
Collaborative care between optometrists and ophthalmologists provides the opportunity to detect and treat disease in a timely manner...
Mar 2020
Debra's Story
My name is Debra Ciuffetelli and I have been living with Congenital Glaucoma for over 61 years ...
Feb 2020
Guido's Story
About 2006 I had to go to an optometrist because I needed reading glasses ...
Feb 2020
Lesley's Story
“Look straight ahead over my shoulder”, she said as she shone the bright light into my eye ...
Feb 2020
Glaucoma Can Affect All Australians
“At aged 50, just out of the blue, I was diagnosed with glaucoma,” Ms Hilditch said. “People often don’t realise you can get glaucoma from eye trauma...'
Jan 2020
Vivian's Story
In 1995 when I went for a routine eye test to an optician to upgrade my reading glasses, she found raised pressure in my left eye.
Jan 2020
Research Identifies Conclusive Link Between Alzheimer’s and Glaucoma
While the link between Alzheimer’s and glaucoma is not new, this discovery provides the most conclusive evidence to date...