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Strange Sequelae Succeeding ‘Surfer’s Eye’

1 February 2014 |
Ophthalmologists in the UK are relatively infrequently faced with a patient requesting surgery for a pterygium. This condition is more common where ultraviolet exposure is greater, especially if coupled with activities associated with ocular surface irritation. For this reason, a...

Sight loss befriender offers 'life changing' support to Freda

17 August 2023 | befriender, Sight Scotland, Volunteering, emotional, wellbeing, lonliness
Sight Scotland, Scotland’s largest sight loss organisation, is appealing for more volunteer befrienders to help battle loneliness and isolation.

In conversation with Dr Monicah Bitok, Global Inclusive Eye Health Advisor (CBM)

22 April 2022 | Ophthalmology, COVID-19, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Eye News spoke to Dr Monicah Bitok, Global Inclusive Eye Health Advisor with the Christian Blind Mission (CBM), about the rise in diabetes-related preventable blindness, systemic ophthalmic changes in low- and middle-income countries, and the impacts of a COVID-19-induced backlog...

The work of RNIB and ECLOs

4 December 2023 | Ophthalmology
With more than 2,000,000 people in the UK living with some degree of sight loss and over 300,000 registered as blind or partially sighted, it is important for anyone living with sight loss to know they’re not alone. At what...

Demystifying external trainee selected components and out of programme experiences

3 February 2023 | | Ophthalmology
If you don’t know your external TSCs from your OOPC/OOPT/OOPE/OOPR, then this article is for you. Trainee selected components (TSC) are College-approved periods of training, usually ranging from six months to a year (formally ASTO) of intensive subspecialty training in...

The International Centre for Eye Health: weaving the global threads together

4 October 2023 | | Ophthalmology
The VISION 2020 LINKS & Networks Programme has been writing regular articles in Eye News about its capacity-strengthening activities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for more than a decade. This, the first International Issue, is a landmark for Eye...

Teen with sight loss grapples with judo success

29 May 2024 | sport, charity, patient experience, feel good, stories, sight loss
A Hamilton teenager is proving that judo can be for everyone, including those with sight loss.

WHO SPECS 2030: a global initiative to strengthen refractive error services

3 June 2024 | | Ophthalmology
Globally, it is estimated that only around one-third of people with vision impairment due to refractive error have received access to a quality pair of spectacles [1]. In recognition that uncorrected refractive error is the leading cause of vision impairment...

Will COVID-19 impact the selection of ophthalmology as a career choice by medical students?

10 December 2020 | | Ophthalmology, COVID-19, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on medical education and has called for large shifts in the medical curriculum. Clinical attachments were suspended at the height of the pandemic and examinations were cancelled or were moved to an online...

Mid-Optic Celebrates Sponsorship of 10th Guide Dog Puppy, Lola

9 July 2024 | Research & Development, Company Profiles
Mid-Optic is thrilled to announce its sponsorship of a 10th Guide Dog puppy, Lola.

Virtual reality for the ophthalmic trainee

1 June 2015 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Orbit, Optometry, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
If you believe the tech blogs 2015 is the year of virtual reality. Industry experts believe this will be due to the potential commercial release of the poster boy of this new revolution, the Oculus Rift. This is a headset...

Spotlight: The Community Eye Health Journal

3 August 2023 | | Ophthalmology
In many low-income settings, where vision loss is greatest, eyecare is hampered by shortages in trained health workers. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are fewer than five ophthalmologists per million population, compared to over 70 per million in high-income countries. Eyecare...