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The last three patients: dermatology (Patient Three)
For the third and final reflection in this series (see Part 1 and Part 2), Professor Jonathan Rees recounts his experience of a patient with cancer who was failed by the NHS, and how their inadequate treatment illuminates some issues...The results of the last survey Aug24
In the first case we were faced with a 55-year-old patient with narrow, potentially occludable drainage angles, no significant cataract, and persistently raised intraocular pressures (IOPs) of 28mmHg with early disc compromise, and normal vision in each eye. It is...
Comparison between findings in ‘active’ or ‘healed’ giant cell arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in older people and can cause devastating sight loss if untreated. Temporal artery biopsy is often relied upon for diagnosis by ophthalmologists, with a positive biopsy result indicating whether the...Thank you, Baljean Dhillon. Welcome onboard, Peter Cackett.
As our Co-editor of over 11 years, Baljean Dhillon, passes the torch, Peter Cackett steps up to take on the role.The National Student Ophthalmology Conference 2024
This will be our third annual conference, hosted virtually with the aim to inform and inspire current medical students with interests in ophthalmology. It is a collaborative effort of student representatives from medical schools across the country. - 8 guest...Eye care practitioners urged to sign up for Love Your Lenses Week
Registration is now open for Love Your Lenses Week 2023, with this year’s campaign promising to ‘put contact lenses firmly in the public eye’.ISD-DE (International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye) Meeting 2024
by Jane Olver, FRCS FRCOphth, President ISD-DE and 2024 London Meeting Organiser, owner and Medical Director, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon, Clinica London. The International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD-DE) 2024 update course and scientific meeting ran between 29, 30...
