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Sight loss charities slam Scottish government for making blind and partially sighted people play tactile paving roulette

Sight Scotland launches ‘Pave the Way’ campaign to have tactile paving installed in every train station in Scotland.

Sunflower Scotland delivers aid to Ukraine

Sunflower Scotland has been helping Ukraine since the second week of the war, first as volunteers and later as a registered charity.

Licence to save: a UK survey of anti-VEGF use for the eye

This comment article highlights the controversy that exists in the choice for anti-VEGF drugs used for treatment of macular oedema and wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Two existing licensed drugs for macular oedema are ranibizumab (Lucentis) and aflibercept (Eylea). A...

RNIB says lack of accessible health information during COVID pandemic put blind and partially sighted people at greater risk

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has responded to the report from the third module of the official UK Covid Inquiry which provides limited details of how a repeat of such a situation could be avoided in any...

Viral conjunctivitis and COVID-19

A joint statement was released by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and College of Optometrists on 19 March.

Glaucoma UK announces £100,000 Health and Social Care Professionals Award for 2024

Glaucoma UK is pleased to announce that applications for its Health and Social Care Professionals Research Award are now open.

First treatment for late-stage dry AMD rejected by UK drug regulator

Leading sight loss charity the Macular Society has responded to the decision not to approve the first potential treatment for geographic atrophy (GA) or late stage dry aged-related macular degeneration. The decision is a significant setback for those affected by...

What's trending Apr/May 2023

A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #Cyborgeye #flashlighteye #prostheticeye #BrianStanleyeye Brian Stanley is a California-based engineer, who lost his eye to retinoblastoma when he was six-years-old. A...

Intraocular Inflammation

Intraocular Inflammation is an encyclopedic treatise on uveitis. The editors have invited several experts in the field to author different chapters and provide the reader with an excellent repository of knowledge, experience and evidence on the subject. The approach to...

OCT in peripheral corneal thinning

This small retrospective study used high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) Heidelberg Spectralis to identify features which could determine the underlying aetiology of peripheral corneal thinning. Ten patients were included; five with diagnoses of degenerative peripheral thinning; Terrien’s marginal degeneration...

Serology testing in periocular inflammatory disease

This is a review article of serological tests in thyroid eye disease, IgG4-related disease and myasthenia gravis. The authors provide an overview of the current serology with a brief description of how they relate to the pathogenesis of each condition....

Ovarian hormones drive onset of Sjogren’s disease in mice

Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) is a debilitating, sight-threatening, systemic autoimmune disease with no effective treatment available. SS is characterised by lacrimal gland lymphocytic infiltration and epithelial cell death, as well as by the presence of serum autoantibodies. Patients have severe dry...