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The College of Optometrists publishes Interim Position on AI in Eye Care
The College of Optometrists has today published its Interim Position on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Eye Care setting out the UK optical sector’s collective stance on the safe and responsible implementation of AI in eyecare. The College...Does a gut-eye axis exist?
1 October 2019
| Simerdip Kaur
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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...
Doctor prints cornea on demand!
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: Doctor prints cornea on demand! Dr Hideo Kodama from the Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute first...Letter from America: Orbit and oculoplastic fellowship, University of California, San Diego
I was the fortunate recipient of the 2012 Keeler Scholarship, granting me the incredible opportunity to undertake a fellowship at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in orbital, oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. My fellowship mentors were the renowned Professor...Where are they now?
4 October 2023
| Chinsisi Namate Nyirenda
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EYE - General
The Eye News and University of Edinburgh teams last met up with Zomba-based Dr Chinsisi Namate Nyirenda, in Glasgow, May 2022, when she was a member of The Ophthalmological Society of Malawi’s delegation to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual...
BCPB chair takes on Everest challenge
1 May 2020
BCPB's Chair, Paul Hunter is climbing Mount Everest at home via his stairs during lock down to raise vital funds for the charity's blindness prevention work.
Pioneering professor performs 30,000th laser eye procedure
A Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Moorfields Private Hospital consultant has performed his 30,000th refractive laser eye procedure (at Moorfields Private), 36 years after he carried out the first of its kind in the UK. In 1989, while...Roche UK Medical Education in Ophthalmology nurse and allied health professional meetings
22 April 2023
Roche UK is holding the fourth in a series of medical education meetings across the coming months for nurses and allied health professionals working in Ophthalmology. Speakers include: Jenny Nosek RGN, OND, Pdip, MHS – Nurse Consultant Sandy Taylor MBE...
Roche UK Medical Education in Ophthalmology nurse and allied health professional meetings
13 May 2023
Roche UK is holding the final in its series of medical education meetings for nurses and allied health professionals working in Ophthalmology. Speakers include: Jenny Nosek RGN, OND, Pdip, MHS – Nurse Consultant Sandy Taylor MBE – Senior Research Nurse...
Anything new in the control of myopia progression?
1 October 2021
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
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Axial length, Children, Efficacy, Myopia, Myopia control, Retinal disease
This is a review article looking at up to date concepts and evidence in myopia control from current literature and studies. The authors identified that myopia control is best measured in absolute change in axial length as opposed to refraction...
A to Z of X-linked retinopathies
5 August 2022
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This review article provides an excellent summary of X-linked retinopathies and the corresponding genotype and clinical features. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of each condition in terms of its pathogenesis, clinical features, imaging findings, electrophysiology changes and any current...
All you need to know about PIC
3 April 2024
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This is a review article of punctate inner chorioretinopathy (PIC). The authors detail the epidemiology and clinic presentation of the disease. They recognise the challenge of an accurate diagnosis due to its resemblance to other posterior uveitic entities. Multimodal imaging...