The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) invites eye care professionals to join a unique, hands-on training day designed to enhance confidence and competence in supporting patients with sight loss and complex needs. Delivered by the RNIB Health and...
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between diabetes autoantibodies and the development of early diabetic retinopathy (DR) to assess the role of autoimmunity in retinopathy. The study included 18 boys and 44 girls with type 1 diabetes mellitus...
The purpose of this study was to explore the current state of clinical care for healthy newborns with uncomplicated ophthalmia neonatorum (ON) using a large electronic health record dataset. Despite the existence of national guidelines for antepartum screening for N....
This German retrospective review evaluation compared rates of improvement and outcome criteria in a large cohort with 2 treatment branches for sixth nerve palsy. Recovery was defined as no diplopia in primary gaze, angle ≤10 prism dioptres and improved abduction...
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has launched its new annual plan, which will guide its work over the coming year on behalf of members. The plan, which can be found at www.abdo.org.uk, involves a wide range of activities...
Théa Academy is pleased to introduce the next phase of its 2026 educational webinar series, offering a varied programme of expert led sessions designed for all eye care professionals. After April’s webinar, Lids, Light & Lifestyle: A Holistic Pathway for...
This was a prospective cohort study of 692 treatment-naïve retinoblastoma (RB) patients from 10 countries followed up for 3 years from recruitment to evaluate the effect of lag time between diagnosis of RB and treatment. The mean lag time from...
This study compared optical coherence tomography (OCT) data of fellow and amblyopic eyes, and reported OCT changes after long-term electronically monitored occlusion therapy. The study recruited 30 patients with mean age of 16.7 ±11.2 years (range 5.1–44.7 years): 53% males....
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disorder of the immature preterm retina and a leading cause of preventable, irreversible blindness in children. There are 15 million preterm births annually, and over 32,000 neonates became blind from ROP in 2010 [1]....
Four world-leading experts, including Hari Jayaram and Gus Gazzard from Moorfields, have combined their knowledge with the findings from over 150 peer-reviewed study publications to produce a landmark paper published in the Lancet.
Unfortunately, I had the pleasure of getting to know this exam intimately. With adequate preparation this does not have to be the case for most people. The exam has recently changed to consist of 10 OSCE style stations (previously 12)....
The Ridley Eye Foundation continues its work in taking surgery to patients in remote communities living above 2000m in Nepal’s Himalayas. This spring, between 28 March – 7 April 2024, we supported surgical camps in Jumla and Mugu, both in...