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Long-term meibomian gland function following a single thermal pulsation treatment

1 December 2013 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | LipiFlow thermal pulsation system, dry eye, meibomian gland dysfunction
Dry eyes secondary to blepharitis and or meibomian gland dysfunction, though extremely common, is an annoyingly difficult condition to treat for several patients. Part of this difficulty lies in the inability of most patients to follow intensive and often times...

What's trending Aug/Sep 2020

5 August 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Emergency Ophthalmology, Optometry
Life, at least from headlines, is certainly awakening again. #DominicCummings #Specsavers #BarnardCastleeyetest In one of the bizarre developments of #coronaviruslife, Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s most senior advisor, claimed he drove to Barnard Castle from Durham to test his eyesight. He...

My work experience with Great Ormond Street Hospital Young Persons’ Advisory Group for Research

11 June 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Imaging, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
For my school work experience I had the amazing opportunity to attend and work with the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Young Persons’ Advisory Group for research (YPAG) (Figure 1). The GOSH YPAG is a group of young people aged...

“Steel True, Blade Straight”

1 October 2019 | | Ophthalmology
Steven Kerr of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh explores the medical career of Arthur Conan Doyle, his relationship with his mentor Joseph Bell and his fascination with ophthalmology. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh on the...

Training the trainers

1 February 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 Urology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Learning phakoemulsification is a psychologically demanding process. Every ophthalmologist passing through the UK training system will almost certainly have many stories to tell of difficulties faced along the way; hideous disasters where lessons were learnt, as well as glorious triumphs...

Dr Sohaib Rufai awarded European Award in Medicine for Ophthalmology

6 December 2022
Dr Sohaib Rufai has been awarded the 2022 European Award in Medicine for Ophthalmology. He led the world’s first study using handheld OCT to predict future vision in infantile nystagmus.

£1.7 million funding for research into children’s eye health

14 September 2023 | Moorfields, Charity, Medical Research Foundation, Funding, Children, Adolescent
Moorfields Eye Charity and the Medical Research Foundation are working in partnership to support research into childhood and adolescent eye health, putting £1.7 million of funding into this massively underfunded area of research.

Strengthening capacity for ophthalmic research within three East African VISION 2020 LINKS – The Research Mentorship Workshop

1 August 2018 | | Ophthalmology
Building capacity for ophthalmic research in low- and middle-income countries is an important aim of the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme. The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been working...

Transforming eyecare with AI at 100% Optical

4 March 2024 | Pearse Keane, AI, Moorfields, UCL, technology, advancement, artificial intelligence, development
“We are drowning in people we need to see in hospital eye services, and some people are going blind as a result. We are looking at nearly 10m hospital appointments for ophthalmology a year, with an approximately 33% increase over...

Visual disturbance heralding stroke: are we seeing the signs in time?

6 April 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Optometry
Isolated visual symptoms may be an early presenting feature of stroke, and timely recognition of such atypical cases is important because treatment for stroke has a limited time-window of efficacy. Stroke occurs in approximately 150,000 people per year in the...

Neovascular AMD: fresh recommendations underline standards of best practice

1 December 2013 |
The management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) has advanced dramatically over the past seven years, with the introduction of targeted new therapies that successfully maintain or improve vision in a majority of affected individuals. It’s a fast moving field,...

Key tips to help doctors and patients maximise Zoom consultations

24 August 2023 | Zoom, Video call, Tips, doctor-patient
Jo Murphy, a leading communication skills specialist for medical professionals, presents key tips to help doctors and patients maximise Zoom consultations.