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What's trending Aug/Sep 2025

4 August 2025 | | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Oculoplastic
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #Euros #Lionesses What a treat it is to be a football fan at the moment. An enthralling season in the Premier...

Another plant-based remedy for the eye?

5 June 2020 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
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: Another plant-based remedy for the eye? What do the nicknames Mary Jane, tea, and 420 all...

A case of Miller Fisher Syndrome and bilateral asymmetric globe retraction

1 February 2022 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) is a rare, acquired nerve disease that is considered to be a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome. It was first recognised by James Collier in 1932 as a clinical triad of ataxia, areflexia and ophthalmoplegia. Later, it...

Hidden eyelid laceration following blunt trauma

3 April 2024 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
A paediatric case report of a hidden eyelid laceration following blunt trauma. Blunt injury to the eyelid can result in a multitude of issues, such as damage to the eyelid margin, lacrimal system and surrounding orbit [1]. These can often...

Sclerochoroidal calcification masquerading as ocular malignancy

5 April 2022 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Case 1 A 68-year-old Caucasian gentleman was urgently referred to eye casualty by his optometrist after seeing an unusual incidental finding of protruding lesions from the retina, suspecting choroidal melanoma. He was asymptomatic and this was his first eye test...

Improving eye care for children with learning difficulties: a view from SeeAbility

1 August 2019 | | EYE - General
Marek P Karas from sightloss charity SeeAbility examines why children with a learning disability do not access the eye care they need and asks how the system needs to change. Children with a learning disability are 28 times more likely...

How to diagnose and treat Acanthamoeba keratitis

1 February 2019 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Corneal ulceration caused by Acanthamoeba is on the rise, and recent publications indicate an outbreak in the UK over the last few years [1]. Since Acanthamoeba keratitis often presents with atypical features, diagnosis from slit-lamp examination alone can often be...

Medical Ophthalmological Society (MOSUK) Meeting: 22 March 2023

11 January 2023 |
This year’s meeting takes place on 22 March 2023, and showcases the interdisciplinary breadth of medical ophthalmology.

BHVI Launches Myopia Awareness Week 2023

9 May 2023 | myopia, BHVI, Children
BHVI, an Australian not-for-profit organisation with an international focus on vision research, has announced today the launch of Myopia Awareness Week for 2023 – a global initiative relaunched in 2021, to bring attention to the growing epidemic of myopia in children across the world.

2023 International Myopia Institute White Papers Released in Special Edition of IOVS

9 May 2023 | myopia, White Papers, IMI, IOVS
The International Myopia Institute (IMI) is excited to announce the release of the third series of their highly cited White Papers in a special issue of the top peer-reviewed Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS) journal.

Help provide a free eyecare service in Edinburgh to those affected by homelessness

4 June 2024 | charity, fundraising, eyecare, homeless, scotland, edinburgh, news
We're thrilled to share that this summer marks a milestone for VCHP as we prepare to open our 10th clinic, a momentous occasion heralded by our inaugural venture into Scotland.

OPO celebration event marks 100-years of groundbreaking research in vision science and optometry

22 September 2025 | optometry, meeting, anniversary, events, research
The College of Optometrists hosted academics from across the UK and internationally at a special symposium to mark 100-years of its research journal Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (OPO) at Glasgow Caledonian University. OPO Centenary: Celebrating Research Excellence saw academics and...