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Dry eye disease affects more than 4 million Australians and it’s on the rise. Find out about the causes, symptoms and how your Optometrist can help.

The rate of myopia (short-sightedness) is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, doubling in children over the course of just a single generation. Could your child be short sighted?

Do you find yourself having to hold the menu further away to read it? Are you struggling to read messages on your mobile phone or the small print on grocery labels? If you are, you’re not alone.

If you’re over 50 you are at higher risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). If you have a direct family member (parent or sibling) who has been diagnosed with AMD, you have a 50% increased risk of diagnosis.

Dr Farmer returned to Papua New Guinea recently for his 3rd trip in 2019