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Fairytale published to encourage children to wear glasses

7 March 2022
The Amazing Fairy Glasses is the first book published by author Katy Tainton, of Neath, South Wales. Katy felt the need to write a book aimed at helping young children who wear glasses when her eldest daughter Belle was diagnosed...

Intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of myopic CNV

1 April 2015 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The authors conducted a prospective study. Sixty-four patients (65 eyes) attended the 12-month follow-up examination. The mean patient age was 47.8 years. Fifty-five patients (86.0%) were females. All patients had pathologic myopia (a spherical equivalent of more than − 6.0...

Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy: from lab to clinic

1 October 2016 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Hereditary optic neuropathy, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, mitochondrial optic neuropathy, optic neuropathy
Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) was the first clinically described mitochondrial disorder (1871). This article reviews the pathophysiology and clinical features of LHON with a focus on translational research. G11778A is currently the most common mutation worldwide and is associated...

Efficacy of intravitreal dexamethasone implant in patients with persistent macular oedema

1 December 2014 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Chronic cystoid macular oedema (CME) can develop secondary to various pathologies such as diabetic maculopathy, retinal vein occlusion and uveitis. It can cause significant visual impairment and macular damage. The therapeutic effect of corticosteroids in CME is through one or...

Developments in oculoplastic surgery

1 June 2018 | | Oculoplastics
A study of NHS practice demonstrated significant patient-reported quality-of-life improvements from commonly performed oculoplastic operations: entropion repair, ectropion repair, ptosis repair and dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) [1]. In recent years, surgical and non-surgical approaches to functional and aesthetic oculoplastic surgery have advanced...

The results of the last survey Jun22

1 June 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Thank you once more for your time in answering the latest survey. The first question relates to the number of staff required for a routine cataract list. There was a big variance in practice. Some of us are luckier than...

More action on sepsis needed as NHS Ombudsman still seeing same failings a decade on

7 November 2023 | sepsis, NHS, Ombudsman, Time to Act, Rob Behrens, Ron Daniels, UK Sepsis Trust
The UK’s Health Ombudsman has warned that sepsis is still taking too many lives due to the same hospital failings we were seeing over ten years ago.

Study shows laser treatment could significantly improve treatment for glaucoma in Africa

14 October 2021
Results of a trial published in Lancet Global Health on 14/10/21 could pave the way for significant improvements in treatment for glaucoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The University of Edinburgh - Supporting Future Leaders in Ophthalmology

8 June 2022
The University of Edinburgh announce plan to award twelve scholarships this summer for successful international applicants to their Master of Surgery (ChM) in Clinical Ophthalmology programme. Deadline for application closes 15th June.

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) achieves carbon neutrality

22 April 2022
The Association’s emissions have been reduced using a blend of offsets from a Gold Standard wind project and a Verra CCB4 forestry project to mix biodiversity protection and restoration with fuel switching to renewable energy.

In the eye of the beholder!

3 October 2022 | | Ophthalmology
Humans grow up with a vibrant sense of knowledge from the colours, shapes, and sizes we are in contact with from all around us. These come together to form some wonderful objects and designs. We are in awe of nature...

IACLE honors the recipients of the 2023 awards

9 August 2023 | contact lens, IACLE, awards, 2023, CooperVision
Contact lens educators from three countries – Colombia, India, and Jordan – receive prestigious awards from the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) for their outstanding contributions to contact lens education.