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Requirements guidance issued as optometry contract for Wales comes into force
Optometry Wales outlines new rules for practitioners practising in Wales.SCONe Project seeks participants for patient and public involvement group to revolutionise AMD research
The SCONe project, run by optometrists, ophthalmologists, and researchers from the University of Edinburgh, and funded by Sight Scotland, is appealing for participants to take part in a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group focused on revolutionising the detection and management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).Podcast videos
Eye News has launched its new ophthalmology podcast, in conjunction with The University of Edinburgh. Entitled Eye Views, the podcast covers a range of conversations on seeing and sight loss. Created, scripted, directed and hosted by Professor Baljean Dhillon, Eye...OBITUARY: A short tribute to Mike Sanders, Neuro-ophthalmologist
Mike Sanders was Consultant Neuro-Ophthalmologist at St Thomas’ Hospital and the National Hospital, Queen Square in London, 1969 to 1999. He passed away on 25 July of this year. Over this 30-year period he had huge influence over the evolution...RCOphth Annual Congress - Day 3
Follow live updates and key highlights from Day 3 of the RCOphth Annual Congress.Aug/Sep 2015 Quiz 1
History A 60-year-old woman was referred to ophthalmology with a suspected left eye choroidal naevus. Visual acuity was unaffected in both eyes and she was asymptomatic. Ocular history and medical history were unremarkable. Questions Figure 1: Fundus photograph. 1. What...Braille phones, glaucoma implants and screenshots
Basic phone for Braille readers (or kids and the elderly) We’ve previously covered the extensive features of smartphones that can help the sight impaired. It’s clear, however, that smartphones are not for everyone. One alternative is a custom made Braille...COVID-19 and Charles Bonnet Syndrome
As COVID-19 rips through the country, it is – of course – imperative that we stay at home to try and prevent the virus spreading through the whole community. We are all aware of the need to take special care...
A pattern surgery
The authors describe the efficacy and safety of superior oblique (SO) hang-back recession with A pattern strabismus and SO overaction. A pattern was defined as a difference of >10PD from elevation to depression. SO overaction was graded as +1 to...
Walking with prisms
This study was undertaken to assess which tempero-spatial properties of gait are influenced by vertical yoked prism (VYP) wear and consider any adjustments to gait made to maintain stability both during and following VYP wear. Thirty-one healthy adults were recruited....
Knobby eye syndrome
This study used high resolution MRI to demonstrate and evaluate globe shape in axial high myopia and identify and characterise those with prominent equatorial staphylomata that deflect extraocular muscle paths and presumably alter motility patterns in strabismus. The study included...
