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The NRC achieves Carbon Neutrality for the second year running

2 October 2023 | green, carbon neutral, NRC, national resource centre, Rebecca Jasper, Mat Stringer
The NRC has successfully achieved carbon neutrality for 2022, alongside a significant reduction in emissions in a number of areas.

ABDO launches annual plan for 2024

11 January 2024 | ABDO, Annual Plan, Report, Opticians, optometry
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has launched its new annual plan, which will guide its work over the coming year on behalf of members.

Axial length measurement advice to be shared in webinar

24 January 2024
The first BCLA webinar of 2024 will look at using axial length measurement as a guide for decision making around myopia management.

Is intracranial pressure affected by the valsalva manoeuvres and exercise?

31 May 2024 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is characterised by elevated intracranial pressure (ICP), which leads to optic nerve head swelling and a risk of visual loss. The impact of straining and exercise on ICP regulation is poorly understood yet clinically relevant to...

Blind veterans take to the hills for life-changing winter survival course

19 March 2024 | charity, Sight Scotland Veterans, sight loss, impairment, blind
A group of inspirational Sight Scotland Veterans recently ventured up the Cairngorms to participate in a life-changing Winter Skills Course.

What’s new in wet AMD papers?

1 December 2016 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Paper presentations on neovascular (‘wet’) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from the 16th European Society of Retina Specialists Congress, Copenhagen, September 2016, outline recent research directions evaluating the impact of vision loss on key health domains, patient preferences in the process...

Myopia management

1 December 2022 | | Ophthalmology
With the growing prevalence of myopia at epidemic levels in some countries and increasing number of research publications on myopia control, there is a lot of controversy regarding the management of myopia. As none of them are at present available...

The focus group

1 June 2015 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
I love conferences. Euretina I love above all others, and when it came to London in 2014 I was determined to attend. A few weeks before the conference was scheduled to begin a well-known pharmaceutical company sent me an email...

Patients use their own blood to treat dry eye symptoms

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Cornea / External Eye Disease
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’? Headline: Patients use their own blood to treat dry eye symptoms Grossman first described the technique of...

The management of chronic uveitis

1 October 2015 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A 40-year-old company executive is referred from another unit with recurrent anterior and posterior uveitis for 12 months and the inflammatory markers are raised. Review of systems This is a case of chronic uveitis which needs a thorough workup and...

Another plant-based remedy for the eye?

5 June 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Glaucoma
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Another plant-based remedy for the eye? What do the nicknames Mary Jane, tea, and 420 all...

University of Gloucestershire launches first of its kind ophthalmic imaging degree

5 April 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Imaging
Ophthalmic science is a dynamic and constantly evolving profession, with ophthalmic imagers / technicians fundamental to the smooth and efficient running of ophthalmology departments. Traditionally, as the role has developed, ophthalmic imagers have come from a variety of backgrounds, finding...