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Standby for standards: Ophthalmic imaging

The Ophthalmic Imaging Associating (OIA) will propose and publish a volume of refined standards for Ophthalmic and Vision Science. These will be reviewed by the OIA membership at its annual conference in November 2025 and released thereafter. The OIA is...

Elevated risk of mood disorders after recurrent retinal detachment

This study was aimed to investigate the risk of mood disorders in patients who experienced retinal detachment (RD) by using the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. A total of 4129 participants diagnosed with RD and 16,516 non-RD individuals...

Does the length of the school day have a role in age of myopia onset?

The authors prospectively collected the refractive data of myopic adults attending recruiting dispensing optician or ophthalmologist sites. Participants were recruited consecutively, giving verbal informed consent. Sites included a mix of urban and rural areas across eight sites. The following data...

Scope Ophthalmology announce case awards winners

Scope Eyecare are delighted to announce the winners of the Scope Ophthalmology case awards UK and Ireland for 2023.

Haag-Streit Academy celebrates 10 years of first class clinical CPD-accredited training

Haag-Streit UK is pleased to celebrate 10 years of providing high quality slit lamp, biometry and perimetry training. In 2014, the Haag-Streit Academy was born, with the launch of the first ‘Improving Outcomes’ biometry course.

Dr Sohaib Rufai awarded European Award in Medicine for Ophthalmology

Dr Sohaib Rufai has been awarded the 2022 European Award in Medicine for Ophthalmology. He led the world’s first study using handheld OCT to predict future vision in infantile nystagmus.

RaScaL Study

The RaScaL study was a six month, single-centre, controlled, prospective phase I/II study in which subjects with diabetic macular oedema (DME) and associated peripheral nonperfusion on ultrawide-field fluorescein angiography (UWFA) were randomised to: (1) study arm: ranibizumab (0.5 mg) injection...

Eyes on the road – visual standards for car drivers

The author examines the current visual standards required by drivers and asks whether more needs to be done to make roads safer. Are the public adequately protected by the current system of visual standards required by drivers? In a survey...

Life as a Global Citizen Consultant Ophthalmologist: a personal view of working in Scotland and Tanzania

Global Citizen post - a new challenge I was looking for a new challenge. I had been in the same consultant post with a subspecialty interest in paediatrics and strabismus for 17 years and was rattling around in an empty...

What's trending Feb/Mar 2018

A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. We are officially in 2018. New year, new you. The clock starts to turn to midnight and suddenly the excess...

Preview: Oxford Ophthalmological Congress

Between 1–3 July, we will be heading down to England for the 107th Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.

‘Let’s place focus on Scotland’s vast innovation opportunities during National Eye Health Week’

National Eye Health Week (NEHW) could provide essential inspiration for NHS Scotland staff looking to focus on fresh ophthalmic innovation, says InnoScot Health. This year's NEHW is taking place from 23 to 29 September under an inclusive theme of ‘Vision...