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Redefining healthcare through the eyes

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
The future of healthcare is being shaped by innovation in eyecare and in particular a field known as oculomics. This discipline leverages ocular biomarkers to provide insights into various health conditions, including cardiovascular diseases and psychological or neurological disorders [1]....

Risk of intraocular haemorrhage with new oral anticoagulants

1 December 2017 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors conducted a study to assess the risk of intraocular haemorrhage with warfarin dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban. All reported cases of intraocular haemorrhage (vitreous, choroidal, or retinal) with warfarin and new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) (including dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban) from the...

Sexually transmitted conjunctivitis – the REALLY sticky eye

5 October 2020 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Let’s face it, patients with conjunctivitis don’t always produce the most stimulating consultations and most of the time we can manage them in auto-pilot. The prospect of delving into such a patient’s sexual history is not overly appealing, but this...

Rite of passage

1 February 2016 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The Lakota Sioux people of Dakota have one of the best preserved Native American cultures in the United States and when people think of the ‘American Indian’ it is to the culture of the Lakota Sioux that people mostly turn....

Two cases of acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis

4 December 2025 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Syphilis has re-emerged as a significant public health concern, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that 8 million adults aged 15–49 acquired syphilis in 2022. Untreated syphilis can have severe consequences, including cardiovascular, neurological and ocular complications. Ocular manifestations...

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

1 June 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma
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....

Leading eye care charity Orbis celebrates Volunteers’ Week 2023

6 June 2023 | Orbis, Volunteering, Education, International
It’s Volunteers’ Week, and Orbis are celebrating the work of their expert Volunteer Faculty who are tackling preventable blindness around the world.

SCONe Project seeks participants for patient and public involvement group to revolutionise AMD research

29 April 2024 | baljean dhillon, SCONe, project, research, scotland, edinburgh, AMD, call to action
The SCONe project, run by optometrists, ophthalmologists, and researchers from the University of Edinburgh, and funded by Sight Scotland, is appealing for participants to take part in a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group focused on revolutionising the detection and management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Lifelong braille user pays tribute to “excellent” writing system

7 November 2024 | braille, patient stories, Louis Braille, technology, history, general interest
Sight loss charity RNIB Scotland is celebrating 200 years of braille, the revolutionary writing system for blind and partially sighted people. Developed by Louis Braille in 1824, it uses raised dots to represent letters, numbers, punctuation, and abbreviations. Braille has...

CHEC ‘Re:Sets’ sights on patient outcomes and growth ambitions

21 September 2023 | CHEC, NHS, infrastructure, Industry
CHEC, one of the largest providers of community-based ophthalmology services in the UK, has launched an enhanced go-to-market strategy that will better align its service offerings and provision with the NHS’ evolving needs.

Designing ophthalmology services Part 2: How do we address the queues for a clinic?

1 April 2020 | | EYE - General
The first of this three-part series showed how systems engineering can be used to correctly diagnose and address the causes of delays in a clinic. This second article describes how to design a more productive system that meets the new...

How good does my vision have to be to drive this thing? Visual standards for various occupations

2 August 2022 | | EYE - General
We can all picture that moment in clinic: you are about to tell someone that they’re no longer legally able to drive, ready to deploy our ‘breaking bad news’ techniques. For some patients this may have been expected, or they...