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ABDO welcomes a new regional lead for Northern Ireland

18 February 2026 | industry news, optometry
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has welcomed Chris McConnell as the new regional lead for Northern Ireland. Chris McConnell, FBDO, is a dispensing optician based in Belfast with over a decade of experience in the optical industry. His...

Therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency: cell fate after limbal stem cell transplants

1 October 2014 | | EYE - Cornea
“The beauty of scientific research lies in that the search for answers often yields yet more questions.” A large body of evidence points to the corneoscleral limbal location as the repository of putative epithelial stem cells [1]. Thoft proposed the...

Serology testing in periocular inflammatory disease

1 December 2016 | | EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
This is a review article of serological tests in thyroid eye disease, IgG4-related disease and myasthenia gravis. The authors provide an overview of the current serology with a brief description of how they relate to the pathogenesis of each condition....
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Rare presentation of giant cell arteritis in Chinese subjects

1 September 2023 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology | non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, Chinese, central retinal artery occlusion, Giant cell arteritis, ocular ischaemic syndrome, posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
Only a few case reports of biopsy-proven GCA (BpGCA)-associated vision loss in Chinese subjects have been published. This paper presents three elderly Chinese subjects with BpGCA who presented with vision loss. A search of the literature was also conducted to...

Effective treatment for rare sight-threatening infection

1 November 2023 | Moorfields, UCL, SIFI S.p.A., Acanthamoeba, keratitis, corneal infection
A drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research and currently under development by SIFI S.p.A., has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial.

10 daily habits damaging your eyesight and changes you can make to remedy against them

15 March 2023
Following World Glaucoma Day on 12 March this year, it is vital that the longevity of our vision is always a priority. However, many of our daily habits contribute to the onset of glaucoma and vision loss.

Edinburgh FOCUS Foundation Course in Ophthalmology

17 November 2023 -18 November 2023
The FOCUS course is a hands-on practical course, with patients with real pathology to examine and focused small group activities, to ensure every delegate gains the maximum opportunity and experience. This has made it an extremely popular course, which sells...

Ophthalmology in the developing world

1 April 2014 | | EYE - General
After the second year of medical school, I spent my summer vacation working as a volunteer for a small Italian non-government organisation (NGO), named HEALTH-AID. As part of my volunteering experience, I joined a team of European doctors, medical students...

Does a gut-eye axis exist?

1 October 2019 | | 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: Does a gut-eye axis exist? Over a decade ago, the Human Microbiome Project was launched by...

The results of the last survey Aug21

4 August 2021 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
We are often referred patients noted to have an optic disc haemorrhage (ODH) without any other features of pathology. How we manage these patients can have a significant impact on our struggling capacity. The significance in glaucoma and, in particular,...

Ocular toxicity secondary to deferoxamine

12 June 2026 | | EYE - Pathology, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes can develop transfusion-related iron overload as they become dependent on recurrent blood transfusions [1]. Iron chelation therapy is indicated for the treatment of iron overload and one established example of this is deferoxamine. However, deferoxamine ocular...

Eye Surgeons of the Future

5 August 2022
Who and where are the eye surgeons of the year 2040? Chien Wong reports from a London school's Careers Fair.