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Dr Glaucomflecken: Stayin’ Alive

13 October 2022 | Peter Cackett | Ophthalmology

Peter Cackett spoke to ophthalmologist and social media sensation Dr Glaucomflecken about his early days in comedy, the role satire can play in impacting medical governance, and where he might take his brand of medical comedy next. It was towards...

End of an era: completing training. Tips for survival, fellowship applications and how to CCT

1 February 2019 | Tafadzwa Young-Zvandasara | Ophthalmology

Tafadzwa Young-Zvandasara shares the things he wishes he had paid more attention to when approaching the end of training. It is the end of an era, you are now ready to move on. Training has been filled with a structured...

The paediatric cataract: an overview of the embryology and pathophysiology

5 February 2020 | Samuel Augustus Fernando Aryee | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Cataract and Refractive

In the first of the two articles (see Part 2 here) on paediatric cataracts, Samuel Aryee reviews the aetiology of this condition. Cataracts arise from opacification of the natural transparent lens, which can cause partial or total blindness. Although the...

The impact of obstructive sleep apnoea monitoring functionality on smartwatches: a new frontier for ophthalmologists

3 June 2024 | Yu Jeat Chong, Matthew Azzopardi | Ophthalmology

Dawn of a new era in wearable technology? Smartwatches have really stepped up their game and have evolved from telling time to keeping an eye on our health. In February 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave...

Appeal for fundus cameras and OCT machines for Nigeria

29 January 2021

Nigeria has the highest population of people living with diabetes mellitus (DM) in sub-Saharan Africa. As at 2013 the population of people living with DM stood at 4.9 million, of whom an estimated 1.7 million had diabetic retinopathy (DR). There is currently no national DR screening and treatment programme.

Vision Buddy: A sight enhancement wearable to enhance TV and computer viewing

3 October 2022 | David Haider | Ophthalmology

This review of the Vision Buddy system continues our recent series on wearable assistive technology. The main component of the Vision Buddy system is a VR-type headset, designed to assist users with a range of tasks primarily within the home...

Envision Glasses – A different take on a sight impairment wearable (part 2)

1 February 2022 | David Haider | Ophthalmology, Optometry

This is the second part of the review of the Envision Glasses (see Part 1 here), a wearable piece of assistive technology. Features From the main menu four feature modes can be chosen: Read, Identify, Find and Call. The Glasses...

Transferring imaging from primary to secondary care (part 1)

5 August 2020 | David Haider | Ophthalmology, Optometry

Transferring clinical imaging from high street optometrists to secondary care is an increasingly requested option, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A wide variety of solutions exist to allow this, each with their own merits and shortcomings. For...

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