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New editorial coordinator joins the Eye News team
We are delighted to announce that Chris Henson will be joining the Eye News team as editorial coordinator from this week.Glaucoma specialist takes on Everest Skiing Challenge
Consultant ophthalmologist and surgeon, Nishani Amerasinghe, took on the 2023 Everest in the Alps challenge from 28 February 2023 to 3 March 2023, to raise money for Glaucoma UK to help end preventable glaucoma sight loss.Exeter clinic manager wins VCHP Volunteer Award
Exeter VCHP clinic manager, Zoe Haigh, has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the charity during the past six years.WATCH EPISODE 10: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission
Welcome to the 10th episode of Beyond 2020, the video series from Andean Medical Mission | Bolivian Medical Charity that looks at strategies to eliminate avoidable blindness in countries with developing eyecare services and shares ideas and solutions to common...Announcing the UK’s premier event for the independent optical sector; The SightCare Conference and exhibition, 26 and 27 January 2025, Telford.
SightCare, the UK’s leading provider of business and networking services to independent optometrists and opticians, is excited to announce its 2025 conference dates and line up. The two-day event, scheduled for Sunday 26 and Monday 27 January 2025, is once...J&J Vision Supports Early-Career Development with BCLA Travel Grants
J&J Vision UK is supporting the development of the next generation of eye care professionals by funding £150 travel grants for optometry and CLO students across the UK to attend the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) Clinical Conference & Exhibition...
MicroRNAs in cataract
In an ageing population cataract formation is one of the leading causes of blindness. Cataracts are caused by a failure to clear accumulating aggregated proteins in the lens. MicroRNAs are small non-coding transcripts which bind to specific mRNAs acting at...
Maintenance therapy for CMV endotheliitis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been associated with corneal endotheliitis, leading to endothelial cell loss and corneal decompensation. CMV corneal endotheliitis recurrence can affect between 5-60% of eyes after cessation of anti-CMV therapy. Each recurrence of endotheliitis has a detrimental effect on...
A case report of visual loss as a consequence of coeliac disease
The authors present a case of permanent visual loss secondary to occipital lobe calcification in coeliac disease, the first reported such case. The 58-year-old man had been diagnosed with coeliac disease 20 years prior to his visual investigations and had...
A case series of acute visual loss following excessive alcohol and / or drug use
This study presents three cases of so called Saturday night retinopathy, an acute visual loss following intravenous drug abuse and stupor, leading to continuous pressure on the orbit while asleep. All three cases presented with acute vision loss and had...
Imaging requests for CNP
The authors sought to answer the question of to what extent do differences in policy exist between ophthalmologists and neurologists regarding imaging by MRI of patients with acquired ocular cranial nerve palsy (CNP). They conducted a literature review leading to...
