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Ophthalmic Drugs Conference 2020

23 November 2020 -24 November 2020
SMi proudly presents the 4th Annual Ophthalmic Drugs Conference taking place on 23-24 November 2020, in London.

Innovations in ophthalmology: what can the innovations of the past teach us about tomorrow?

1 June 2014 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
BUOS Prize Essay – 2nd prize winner for 2013 submissions Introduction An essay titled Innovations in Ophthalmology might choose to focus on the history; from cataract couching to femtosecond lasers, ophthalmology has had no shortage of topics worthy of discussion....

What's trending Oct/Nov 2019

1 October 2019 | | Emergency Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
#probeyeotic #eyeballbugs #microbiome The human microbiome usually conjures up images of the gastrointestinal tract and yoghurt containing good bacteria. However, research suggests that the ocular mucosa is home to a unique microbe collection, with important immunological functional properties [1]. This...

Part 2: Good news, bad news at the international conference

2 August 2024 | | Ophthalmology
In the second instalment of this two-part article (click here for Part 1), our editor Peter Cackett presents the ‘good news’ and ‘bad news’ from an international conference experience. Readers will remember that in the last issue I left you...

Part 1: good news, bad news at the international conference

3 June 2024 | | Ophthalmology
One of my favourite comic strips from my childhood was Good News, Bad News which ran in Jackpot comic from 1979–1982. In this strip, the story for the main character would be described in a series of alternating ‘Good News’...

ANGPTL-4 inhibition reduces inflammation in diabetic retinopathy

1 June 2018 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Adipocytokine, Angiopoietin-like protein-4 (ANGPTL-4), Diabetic retinopathy (DR), Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α), Inflammation, Profilin-1
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common cause of blindness in working-age humans, and numbers are rising due to increased cases of type 2 diabetes (T2D). T2D is associated with increased obesity and dyslipidaemia, which is a major risk factor...

MicroRNAs in cataract

1 August 2016 | | Cataract and Refractive | Age-related cataract, Lens epithelial cells, Lgr4, MicroRNA let-7b, Ultraviolet irradiation
In an ageing population cataract formation is one of the leading causes of blindness. Cataracts are caused by a failure to clear accumulating aggregated proteins in the lens. MicroRNAs are small non-coding transcripts which bind to specific mRNAs acting at...

Hybrid free vision screening for at-risk, low-income families

31 May 2024 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Give Kids Sight Day (GKSD) is an outreach programme at Wills Eye Hospital to provide free vision screening, ophthalmic examinations and glasses. It started in 2009 and has seen >11,000 children. Its primary aim is to reach high-risk families including...

What's trending Aug/Sept 2019

1 August 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Emergency Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease
#puppydogeyes Who can resist a pair of puppy dog eyes? It may be that no human can! A team of researchers discovered that dogs acquired a new forehead muscle, which is scanty or absent in wolves. This muscle is the...

Traumatic optic neuropathy

1 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Orbit, Emergency Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
In neuro-ophthalmology we get asked a lot about management of patients who suffered significant trauma and presented with loss of vision secondary to presumed traumatic optic neuropathy (TON). TON happens usually in the context of significant craniofacial trauma. The incidence...

Systemic sarcoidosis presenting with acute myopia and angle closure

1 June 2016 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease, Cataract and Refractive, Glaucoma, Genetics, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
Case report A 40-year-old Asian man presented to the Emergency Department with a one day history of sudden onset visual disturbance in his right eye. He complained of image distortion and noted that objects now appeared smaller. He also described...

What's trending Jun/Jul 2024

3 June 2024 | | Ophthalmology
#solar #eclipse The recent total solar eclipse over North America resulted in some stunning photos, but it was the aftermath that made the most headlines. There were ophthalmologists reporting a significant increase in the number of patients coming through their...