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A pituitary tumour from 1927

1 April 2019 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
The author shares a clinical case from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary’s archives. It is not often in the course of a clinical career that one gets the opportunity to review a patient who had been treated by a pioneer neurosurgeon some...

Survey reveals poor public awareness of dry eye disease

17 May 2021
A new survey has revealed how few people are aware of Dry Eye Disease, a debilitating and painful eye condition which affects one in four people in the UK.

175 years of Ernst Fuchs: The man behind the eponyms

5 August 2026 | | EYE - General
14 June 2026 marked 175 years since the birth of Professor Ernst Fuchs: a teacher, writer, pathologist and one of the great founders of modern ophthalmology, whose name echoes through clinics, exams and theatres worldwide to this day. Most doctors...

Pituitary tumours: why are they so often missed?

1 August 2017 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Part 2: Clinical varieties, anatomical considerations and case report (see also Part 1 and Part 3) For ophthalmologists there are four types of pituitary tumour to be considered, three of which are named according to the hormone secreted, along with...

3D Slit Lamp Grand Round at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Congress 2023

1 August 2023 | | slit lamp, slit-lamp, RCOphth2023, RCOphth
This year at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists saw a world’s first for any conference: a slit-lamp grand round.

250 QFFD bicycles make sight saving care possible in rural Zambia

3 June 2024 | Orbis, charity, international, children, eyecare, global, ophthalmology, Zambia, Africa, rural
Sight-saving charity Orbis, is delivering a project in the Copperbelt province of Zambia, tackling the difficulties of delivering eye care in rural areas by providing 250 bikes to Community Eye Health Champions (CEHCs).

“Herr Doktor, I can’t see but I am driving”

1 February 2018 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
This 56-year-old lady was quite puzzling. With her own glasses and the pinhole she merely managed to see the 1.3 and 1.0 logMAR lines with her right and left eye, respectively (I am currently working in Germany again, so goodbye...

Issues with standard practice: Luer lock syringes in cataract surgery

4 December 2025 | | EYE - Cataract
For a few years, we have worked together with the practice variance surveys to tease out differences in the way we work and to discuss issues that arise. I hope that we have learnt some lessons and reflected on what...

“My cataracts have been dissolved by eye drops!”

1 April 2018 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are scientific reality and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: “My cataracts have been dissolved by eye drops!” I’m sure some of us have had patients enquire...

“Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!”

1 June 2018 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are scientific reality and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: “Robot performs cataract surgery on patient!” Twenty-five years ago when Eye News launched, a news headline such...

Old dogs

3 April 2023 |
It is always nice to get a thank you card, especially so when it comes from someone at the tail end of an overbooked clinic who had waited patiently well past their appointed slot. Such was the case when I...

OSA welcomes new 100% Optical owners

11 November 2024 | 100%, optical, meetings, conferences, events, 2025, opticians, optometry
The OSA has welcomed the new owners of 100% Optical, and looks forward to working with CLOSER STILL, following Media 10’s sale of the largest UK optical event. Roy Stoner, OSA Chair, expressed the view of the OSA Board: “CLOSER...