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RNIB welcomes Kamiqua Lake as new Trustee
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has announced the appointment of a new Trustee, Kamiqua Lake.Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers awards silver Fincham medal to Professor Shahina Pardhan
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers has demonstrated its continuing support for research by awarding its prestigious Silver Medal to Professor Shahina Pardhan, the UK’s first female Professor of Optometry, and by renewing its commitment to further medal awards for academic and clinical achievement.Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers awards silver medal to Professor Robert Maclaren
At a Court Lunch held in the historic Apothecaries’ Hall last week, the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers awarded its prestigious Silver (Fincham) Medal to Professor Robert MacLaren. Professor MacLaren is Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford, Consultant...Keeler to partner with Frost Optical Services
4 April 2023
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Contracts & Distributors
We are delighted to announce that Keeler has partnered with Frost Optical Services, a professional ophthalmic services provider known for their excellent service delivery.
£1 million gift towards world-leading new centre for advancing eye health to enhance education
22 November 2024
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nhs, research, new hospital, London, UK, Schroder Foundation, UCL, Moorfields, developement
The Schroder Foundation and Family have donated £1 million to Moorfields Eye Charity towards the new centre for advancing eye health. The building is under construction and opening in 2027. Oriel is a joint initiative between Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS...
Glaucoma: 30 years on
30 November 2023
| Colm O’Brien
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EYE - Glaucoma
Back in 1993, the late and great Barry Cullen FRCS (Cavan born, Dublin trained), the first editor of Eye News, asked me to write an article about the current treatment of chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG). At the time I...
Transcanalicular diode laser-assisted DCR: success rates and factors for success
This study aimed to evaluate the success rates of transcanalicular diode laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy (TCL-DCR) during three years of follow-up and to find clinical factors that influence surgical outcomes. Major outcomes were defined as a patent neo-ostium tested by irrigation (anatomical...Eye research: where next?
1 December 2017
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - General
Eye research in the UK is underfunded relative to other areas of medical research and general awareness of sight loss and its prevention remains poor, messages that were reinforced in presentations and discussions during a recent research summit meeting in...
Bandage contact lens cultures after corneal collagen cross-linking
1 August 2016
| Saruban Pasu
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Bacterial contamination, contact lens, corneal collagen cross-linking, keratoconus, photorefractive keratotomy
Corneal collagen cross-linking (CCL) is a treatment modality that has been shown to stop the progression of keratoconus. There have also been reports that CCL acts as an antimicrobiologic agent in treating resistant microbial keratitis. This study aimed to investigate...
5th World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
11 July 2024
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by WSPOS Team. When we planned our trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this year to attend the 5th World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, little did we know that we would have the time of our lives. In the...
Choroideremia in women
2 June 2025
| Ian Reekie
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The authors report a questionnaire-based study of female carriers of choroideremia, an X-linked inherited chorioretinal dystrophy. As an X-linked condition the full clinical features are predominantly seen in men but a proportion of women suffer some morbidity, likely due to...
