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The Haag-Streit ‘Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2026’ returns for its eighth year
Haag-Streit UK, a leading distributor of ophthalmic diagnostic devices, surgical microscopes, and virtual reality-based medical simulators, announces the reopening of the Haag-Streit annual ‘Slit Lamp Imaging Competition’, now entering its eighth consecutive year. Established as a global platform for clinical...The blue-light hazard – is it true?
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: The blue-light hazard – is it true? Blue light is part of the visible optical spectrum...Melanocytoma of the optic disc
Melanocytoma is a heavily pigmented lesion, composed of melanocytes and is a variant of melanocytic naevus. It classically occurs at the optic disc and is usually benign, static and asymptomatic. However, it can occasionally grow and invade the retina or...HS-UK to be authorised distributor for the Vision Engineering 3D Deep Reality Viewer
HS-UK is delighted to announce that it is now the authorised distributor for the Deep Reality Viewer (DRV) in the UK.The future of SLT?
For Feb/Mar 2024, we are looking at a recently released laser machine to perform direct SLT – selective laser trabeculoplasty (DSLT). Although SLT is well known, DSLT is sufficiently novel that a brief description is a good place to start....
DALK as an early therapeutic option for Acanthamoeba keratitis
Eleven patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) were treated by early therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). All surgeries were performed in patients who had no response to standard medical therapy of chlorhexidine gluconate, propamidine isethionate and neomycin sulphate, within 10-15...Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking / UKISOP Society Education Day
Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking By Dan Gore Over the last decade, clinical trial data has accumulated for new interventions in keratoconus that promise to arrest disease progression, significantly reduce transplantation rates and save many patients from long-term reliance on...APAM (Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland) 118th Annual Meeting 2025
Welcome to APAM 2025 - What Awaits? APAM 2025, the 118th Annual Meeting of the AoPGBI, will take place on 3–4 April 2025 at the Royal College of Physicians in London. This prestigious event will bring together leading clinicians, researchers,...
Nicotine accelerates diabetes induced retinal changes
This study investigated the influence of nicotine in an experimentally induced diabetic rat model. They used non-invasive high-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging to provide quantitative information on the temporal alterations of retinal structures at the micrometer resolution...Understanding spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS): what do we know?
Introduction Formerly known as visual impairment and intracranial pressure syndrome (VIIP), space-related neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS) is defined by a collection of ophthalmic and neurological findings in astronauts after long-term spaceflight [1]. Changes in the eyeball, such as hyperopic shift, during...
