You searched for "AMD"

1123 results found

Pupils at a South Lanarkshire school experienced the challenges voters with sight loss face when casting their ballots

The mock election, which was held at Uddingston Grammar School on Friday 24 November, was organised by RNIB Scotland, in collaboration with South Lanarkshire Council and Haggeye, RNIB Scotland's award-winning youth forum.

A scoping review of artificial intelligence tools for diabetic retinopathy in low- and middle-income countries

The authors conducted a scoping review to summarise the literature relating to artificial intelligence (AI) tools for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Eighty-one studies were included, following a comprehensive literature search. The majority of studies were...

An educational review: Teach the Teachers Course

In the ever-changing landscape of medicine, staying up-to-date of the latest developments is essential, especially for specialists such as ophthalmologists.

CHEC treats first surgical eye patients at REAL Battersea clinic

Community healthcare provider restores sight for local residents in partnership with the NHS.

Leicester Community Eye Hospital recognised as ‘Good’

Care and Quality Commission awards CHEC coveted quality rating.

College insight: RCOphth Annual Congress 2024

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists share with Eye News some insights to 2024's annual congress.

The inflammatory side-effect of Brimonidine

Brimonidine is a well established selective alpha-2 adreno-receptor agonist, used to lower intraocular pressure. This case series reports on 19 eyes affected by brimonidine induced uveitis. Mean age of the patients was 74 years and mean duration of brimonidine use...

ABDO launches annual plan for 2024

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.

CHEC treats first surgical eye patients at Stockport Exchange

Community healthcare provider restores sight for local residents in partnership with the NHS.

Froben for anterior scleritis

Flurbiprofen (Froben) is one of the nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors blocking both COX-1 and COX-2 pathways. Agrawal et al. undertook a retrospective cohort study to determine the effectiveness of oral Froben in managing noninfectious, non-necrotising anterior scleritis. One hundred and...

Anterior segment OCT imaging in cases of episcleritis and scleritis

The purpose of this study was to determine whether it is feasible to obtain good-quality images with anterior segment OCT (AS-OCT) in patients with episcleral or scleral inflammation located anterior to the equator, and whether this technique is able to...

Intravitreal triamcinolone for uveitic macular oedema

This paper from South Korea reports on a prospective, double blind, randomised clinical study designed to evaluate the additional benefit of intravitreal triamcinolone (TA) administration for noninfectious uveitic macular oedema as an adjunct therapy to systemic anti-inflammatory treatment. Patients were...