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EEG changes following use of cyclopentolate 1% eye drops

3 April 2024 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Cycloplegic eye drops may affect the central nervous system. This study reports electroencephalogram (EEG) changes in a cohort of 6–15-year-old children. EEG recordings were taken after placebo and two doses of cyclopentolate 1% in 24 awake children (36 children had...

Diagnoses of dry eye disease double within a year

27 September 2022
Over a third of Britons haven’t had an eye test within the last two years, while one in five have not had an eye test due to financial struggles.

SOS (Simplified Ophthalmic Statistics) Part 4: How to present your statistical analysis

1 October 2019 | | Ophthalmology
This is the last in this series of short guides which we hope provide some guidance in relation to statistical issues researchers may encounter when conducting research, audit or indeed quality improvement projects. Here we focus on an issue that...

Best way to detect glaucoma progression: by reflecting on the past 25 years

1 June 2018 | | Glaucoma
Glaucoma – a condition of optic neuropathy leading to progressive visual field loss often associated with raised intraocular pressure. It is fair to say that our definition for this condition has remained unchanged over the last 25 years and the...

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Neovascular Glaucoma in a Patient with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia

1 December 2013 |
An 84-year-old Caucasian male attended eye casualty with a four month history of reduced vision, a dull ache and photophobia in both eyes. He had also reported dizziness, weakness and intermittent epistaxis in the nine months prior to presentation. There...

Gene Vision launched to support those diagnosed with genetic eye diseases

2 December 2020
A new website, Gene Vision (https://gene.vision), has been developed by Professor Mariya Moosajee and Dr Alex Yeong, supported by Dr Peter Thomas (Director of Digital Innovation at Moorfields Eye Hospital). The new site is intended for adults, children and their families who are diagnosed with rare genetic eye diseases.

CBM launches the Light up Lives appeal

18 February 2021
CBM has launched a fundraising appeal to improve access to sight-saving treatment in Zimbabwe, and until 20 May all public donations will be doubled by the UK government.

What's trending Feb/Mar 2023

3 February 2023 | | Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #nativity #needleeye Happy New Year! Let’s kick things off with a holiday-related story. Birmingham-based micro-engraver Graham Short engraved by hand...

In bed with Adnan Tufail

4 August 2021 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, COVID-19, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
I used to like conferences. In fact, I loved them. When Euretina was in Paris in 2019 I met up with friends and colleagues, went out to bars and restaurants and took some time to see the Arc de Triomphe...

The tragedy of the commons

3 June 2021 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, COVID-19, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
I am a big fan of the YouTube channel Extra Credits History, in which interesting historic events are explained in breathtakingly simple detail in 10 animated videos. I have watched every episode, including the ‘Early Christian Schisms’ and ‘The South...

Ambitions for sustainable service recovery amidst an escalating post-COVID backlog

5 April 2022 | | Ophthalmology, COVID-19
Rod McNeil reviews plans, activity and solutions to better address the post-COVID backlog and bolster sustainable service recovery. Ophthalmology was the busiest outpatient specialty during the three years to March 2020 across the English NHS and again recorded the highest...

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...