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The paediatric cataract: an overview of the embryology and pathophysiology

5 February 2020 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
In the first of the two articles (see Part 2 here) on paediatric cataracts, Samuel Aryee reviews the aetiology of this condition. Cataracts arise from opacification of the natural transparent lens, which can cause partial or total blindness. Although the...

AOP calls for ‘bold thinking’ in response to DHSC request for new minor and urgent eyecare service

19 November 2023 | ICB, optometry, LOCSU, CCHEC, Adam Sampson
The development of a standard specification for ICBs is welcome but ambition for a national approach ‘should not be sacrificed’.

College of Optometrists urges next government to prioritise eye health

4 July 2024 | politics, election, 2024, optometry, optician, optometrist
The College of Optometrists is calling on the next Westminster government to establish optometrists as the first port of call for anyone with an eyecare issue.

Celebrating eight years of the nurse-led intravitreal injection service

4 February 2021 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London celebrated the eighth year of its nurse-led intravitreal (IVT) injection service in 2020. In collaboration with Beaver-Visitec International (BVI), Moorfields’ comprehensive one-day course for non-medical staff has blossomed into a thriving success....

In conversation with Captain Tyson J Brunstetter

1 August 2019
We chat to keynote speaker Captain Tyson J Brunstetter about how Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) research is progressing at the Heidelberg Engineering SPECTRALIS® Masterclass event in Glasgow, May 2019. Click the images below to see his answers to our...

In conversation with Professor David Mackey at RCOphth 2019

23 May 2019
In this video Professor David Mackey talks to Eye News about the Edridge Green Lecture he gave on What colour are your eyes? The genetics of eye colour and colour vision Click the image below to see his answers to...

In conversation with Pearse Keane (2018)

1 March 2019 | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
AI was a hot topic at the 18th Congress of the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA), following the publication of important findings in relation to using this technology in diagnosing retinal disease. We were delighted to catch Pearse Keane,...

In conversation with Professor Rubens Belfort (2018)

1 March 2019 | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology, EYE - General
We caught up with Professor Belfort at the 2018 Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress to discuss his Duke Elder Oration on ‘Classic, emergent and unknown intraocular infectious diseases'. Click the image below to see his answers to our questions.

In conversation with Farhad Hafezi (2018)

1 March 2019 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Innovations in managing irregular corneas were shared and discussed at the 2018 Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), and we were really pleased to speak to one of the key experts in this area, Farhad...

In conversation with Professor Usha Chakravarthy (2018)

1 March 2019 | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Professor Chakravarthy popped by the Eye News stand at the 2018 Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress after her excellent Bowman Lecture. She gave us a summary of her presentation, which looked at how our understanding of AMD has changed...

In conversation with Dr Harold Quigley (2018)

1 March 2019 | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
Dr Quigley visited the Eye News stand at the 2018 Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress to tell us about his Optic UK lecture on the topic of '21st century glaucoma treatment', which covered how we should define, treat and...

In conversation with Leon Au (2017)

28 February 2019 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
Eye News Specialist Advisor Leon Au took time out of his busy schedule at the 2017 Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), to tell us what was new in glaucoma. Click the image below to...