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Heidelberg Engineering Celebrates Eye2Gene™ AI Breakthrough in Precision Ophthalmology

Heidelberg Engineering proudly announces a significant advance in the use of artificial intelligence for ophthalmic diagnostics, with the publication of the Eye2Gene™ study in Nature Machine Intelligence. Titled “Next-generation phenotyping of inherited retinal diseases from multimodal imaging with Eye2Gene”, the...

2023 International Myopia Institute White Papers Released in Special Edition of IOVS

The International Myopia Institute (IMI) is excited to announce the release of the third series of their highly cited White Papers in a special issue of the top peer-reviewed Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS) journal.

New study uncovers key mechanism behind a common genetic cause of age-related visual loss

A groundbreaking study has revealed important insights into the mechanisms behind Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a common cause of age-related visual loss, providing hope for future therapeutic developments, and finding implications for other neurological diseases. FECD is a common,...

OCTA in diabetic macular oedema treated with intravitreal aflibercept (DOCTA Study)

Central vision loss due to diabetic macular oedema (DME) can be attributed not only to presence of the macular oedema itself but also, in some cases, to alterations of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ). The DOCTA trial was a longitudinal,...

The work of RNIB and ECLOs

With more than 2,000,000 people in the UK living with some degree of sight loss and over 300,000 registered as blind or partially sighted, it is important for anyone living with sight loss to know they’re not alone. At what...

Celebrations for 20 years of VCHP ring out from the city

20 years of Vision Care for Homeless People, and the 18,000+ people who have been helped to better vision through the regional drop-in clinics, were celebrated by a host of volunteers, charity founders and generous donors from the optical community last week.

Stoke Hospital commemorates fifth anniversary

CHEC marks five year milestone with community celebration.

Open Sight Hampshire announces new Chair of Trustees

Open Sight Hampshire is delighted to announce Jane Brooks as its new Chair of Trustees.

Lifelong braille user pays tribute to “excellent” writing system

Sight loss charity RNIB Scotland is celebrating 200 years of braille, the revolutionary writing system for blind and partially sighted people. Developed by Louis Braille in 1824, it uses raised dots to represent letters, numbers, punctuation, and abbreviations. Braille has...

SeeAbility’s Martyn Howlett wins at Optician Awards 2024

SeeAbility are delighted to announce that Senior Dispensing Optician and Dispensing Team Lead Martyn Howlett has won Dispensing Optician of the Year at the 2024 Optician Awards. The awards have been running for over 25 years and are a mainstay...

Glaucoma UK announces winners of the 2025 ‘Excellence in Glaucoma Care Award’

Glaucoma UK is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Excellence in Glaucoma Care Awards – Patrick (Paddy) Gunn from Manchester and Alex Gage Family Optometrists in Sheffield. This annual award celebrates individuals or teams who have made remarkable...

Scope Eyecare announces winners of Independent Prescriber Bursary Awards 2023

The final of the 2023 SCOPE IP Bursary Awards took place on Thursday 29 June 2023. The award, now in its second year, attracted many entries the quality of which were extremely high.