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Conference Report: UKISOP marks World Sight Day with multidisciplinary webinar: Supporting adults and children with sight loss

10 November 2025 | WSD25, Guide Dogs UK, UKISOP, Events, Charles Bonnet syndrome
To commemorate World Sight Day 2025, the UK & Ireland Society of Ophthalmic Practitioners (UKISOP) hosted a dynamic online learning session titled 'Supporting Adults and Children with Sight Loss' on October 9 2025. The event brought together over sixty professionals...

Supporting innovative eye disease research

14 May 2026 | research, private sector
Newmedica is supporting research into a potential next generation treatment for diabetic retinopathy, reinforcing its commitment as an eye health champion. Working in partnership with charity Sight Research UK, the project is led by Dr Michael O’Hare and his team...
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OCT imaging of occluded puncta

1 June 2018 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
This is a description of the use of enhanced depth optical coherence tomography (OCT) to see whether a patent ampulla or canaliculus is detectable in patients with absent or occluded puncta. Nine occluded puncta of six patients with epiphora were...

What's trending Oct/Nov 2021

1 October 2021 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #cataracts #holography #simulation Cataracts are the major cause of blindness globally and innovating novel management strategies remains as important as ever...

Age and gender impacts effectiveness of new gene therapy treatments for eye diseases, new study finds

14 February 2025 | research, genetics, gene therapy, pathology, education, Adeno-Associated Virus, inflammation
Older women could be vulnerable to harmful inflammation from new gene therapies to treat incurable eye diseases, new research has found. The University of Bristol-led study, published in Molecular Therapy, reveal how age and gender affects inflammation caused by gene...

One million people complete The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism e-learning

16 November 2023 | Oliver McGowan, training, disability and health, autism, healthcare, staff
Over one million people have completed The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism’s e-learning in the year since it was launched.

The New Zealand National Eye Centre and the land of the long white cloud

4 October 2023 | | EYE - General
Located southeast of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand (Aotearoa) is home to five million culturally diverse people. Renowned for its lush nature spanning from unexplored forests to active volcanos and snow-capped mountains, New Zealand has become both...

Ophthalmic Imaging: From Theory to current practice

4 October 2024
Welcome to the 14th edition of the Ophthalmic Imaging Congress. This event, focused on Imaging and all its applications in ophthalmology, will allow us to reflect on the technological advances and the progress we have made. Program: - Theoretical Sessions:...

Paediatric ptosis

1 December 2018 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - General
Manoj Parulekar and colleagues provide a comprehensive overview of the diagnosis, assessment and management of childhood ptosis. Blepharoptosis (commonly referred to as ptosis – Greek, πτῶσις, ‘to fall’) is a condition where the upper eyelid is in an abnormally low...

Highlights from The RCOphth Annual Congress 2023

25 May 2023 | | RCOphth2023, live updates, birmingham, icc
Check in here for live updates and media from the RCOphth Annual Congress 2023 being held in Birmingham's ICC between 22-25 May.

Bosch-Boonstro-Schaaff optic atrophy syndrome (BBSOAS) NR2F1 mutation

4 December 2023 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
An experienced ophthalmologist can make an anatomical diagnosis of childhood visual impairment based upon the surgical sieve, i.e., congenital and acquired. But an ophthalmologist cannot work in isolation to make an aetiological diagnosis – one would require the help of...

Educational concerns and anxiety levels amongst ophthalmology trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic

5 June 2020 | | EYE - General
How concerned are ophthalmology trainees about the present impact and the future consequences of suspended ophthalmic training programmes? Researchers in the West of Scotland investigate. Anxiety, stress and the longer-term stress reaction of burnout often go unrecognised, yet are known...