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Like a moth to AC flare: CMV-associated hypertensive anterior uveitis

19 September 2025 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Hypertensive anterior uveitis can present a diagnostic challenge to clinicians working in emergency eye departments. While prompt initial control of intraocular pressure (IOP) and inflammation is essential, elucidating the underlying aetiology is critical for long-term visual outcomes. When there is...

Meltdown, Spectre, Flying Hospitals and Spy Cams

1 April 2018 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
iPhone slowdown In early 2018 users discovered that Apple was slowing down older iPhones intentionally. The reported reason was to prolong the usable battery life. These changes were made without the knowledge or consent of owners. Unsurprisingly, a community backlash...

Smart speakers: for patients and practitioners

1 August 2018 | | EYE - General
Many readers will have experience of using smart speakers, such as the Amazon Echo or the Google Home. These popular devices are inexpensive and powerful. In brief, smart speakers listen for a spoken trigger word, followed by verbal commands. Commands...

2030 In Sight: Ending avoidable sight loss

2 August 2024 | EYE - General
Over 2.2 billion people on our planet live with visual impairment or blindness with 1.1 billion unable to access affordable treatment. The 2030 In Sight sector strategy led by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) is an...

Training on the go

1 December 2016 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
In this guide, we aim to provide trainees with novel ideas to maximise learning in the workplace to make the most of your working hours and balance the multiple demands on your time. They say time flies; and it really...

Friendly felines and a spot diagnosis

1 June 2014 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A nine-year-old girl presented to me in eye casualty with a three-week history of blurred vision in her left eye. Otherwise she was apparently well, with no past ophthalmic, medical, drug or relevant family history. Visual acuity was 6/4 right...

High quality retinal image grading and management service by the NetwORC UK

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Imaging
In 2004 a network of three ophthalmic reading centres in Belfast, London and Liverpool (known as NetwORC UK) was established to form the largest reading centre in Europe for the purpose of providing high quality grading of ophthalmic images for...

Comic leaflets: an innovative method of patient education

1 August 2014 | | EYE - General
Nowadays almost everyone has been exposed to comics, especially during childhood. In a way, this is a natural form of progression from children’s story books, which also contain words and pictures. This exposure has helped us to develop the graphic...

An introduction to research governance

1 February 2014 |
Research is the process of acquiring new generalisable knowledge and should be fully integrated into health care work. There is a growing drive to encourage and further develop evidence-based practice in ophthalmology so that staff and patients benefit from improved...

Randomisation, confounding & observational methods in ophthalmic epidemiology

1 June 2022 | | EYE - General
Randomisation and confounding Understanding the relationship between an exposure and an outcome of interest is the central challenge in ophthalmic epidemiology. The exposure may be aetiological, taking the form of a putative risk biological factor, or therapeutic, in the form...

Pegcetacoplan: A breakthrough treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration?

12 February 2025 | | EYE - Pathology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative condition affecting the macula, the part of the retina responsible for central vision. It is characterised by the presence of drusen and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) abnormalities in the absence of other macular...

In conversation with Captain Tyson J Brunstetter

1 August 2019
We chat to keynote speaker Captain Tyson J Brunstetter about how Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) research is progressing at the Heidelberg Engineering SPECTRALIS® Masterclass event in Glasgow, May 2019. Click the images below to see his answers to our...