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Charity partners celebrate 10 years in Zambia
15 October 2021
Vision Aid Overseas and Specsavers are celebrating 10 years of working together.
Quiz Feb/Mar 2024
2 February 2024
| Christopher Bell
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EYE - Oncology, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
History A 21-month-old boy presented to his local ophthalmology department with a left proptotic eye from a growing cystic lesion known to be present from birth. Notes taken on presentation were: Known left microphthalmia with chorio-retinal coloboma, contralateral eye was...
Orbis named winner of 2023 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE grant for non-profits
Orbis will work with Amazon's cloud computing arm to expand access to artificial intelligence-assisted eye screenings in Asia and Africa.ABDO College achieves carbon neutrality for the second year running
ABDO College has successfully achieved carbon neutrality for 2022, alongside a significant reduction in emissions in a number of areas.Aflibercept for the treatment of neovascular glaucoma
1 April 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Glaucoma
The aim of this study was to investigate initial results regarding the treatment of neovascular glaucoma (NVG) with intravitreal aflibercept. NVG is classified into stages 0-3. In stages 1 and 2, abnormal vessel proliferation is seen with or without elevated...
Marcus Gunn jaw winking without ptosis
This is a review of 72 cases of Marcus-Gunn jaw winking syndrome. The authors reviewed all their congenital ptoses seen over a 16 year period and found 72 Marcus-Gunn cases of out of a total of 848 patients. Within the...Which factors predispose to pingecula development in a rural Chinese population?
The authors report a cross-sectional study which aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for developing pingecula in a rural Chinese population near Shanghai. Nine hundred and fifty-nine persons were recruited from a single village and asked to complete...The global burden of age-related macular degeneration
1 October 2019
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the third leading cause of blindness (behind cataract and refractive error). The authors present the results of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study, which included 195 countries. The disability-adjusted life years (DALY) due...
Effect of caffeine and low intensity endurance exercise on intraocular pressure
5 October 2020
| Ivan Yip
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EYE - Glaucoma
This placebo controlled, double blind, balanced crossover study reports in healthy individuals that 30 minutes of cycling caused a maximum of 2.7mmHg lowering of IOP. A caffeine dose of 4mg/kg 30 minutes prior to cycling negated this effect. The conclusion...
Pupil responses in diabetes
4 February 2021
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Diabetes mellitus, Diabetic retinopathy, dynamic pupillometry, pupil diameter, static pupillometry
This study aimed to investigate pupillary involvement in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and to evaluate any relationship between severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and pupillary responses. Participants included 133 individuals in four groups: proliferative DR (n=21), non-proliferative...
The effect of caffeine on pupil size and accommodation
7 April 2021
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Caffeine, accommodation, pupil diameter, visual function
Twenty-two young and healthy participants were recruited in this study. The authors showed that pupil size increased as a result of caffeine consumption. A more stable (lower variability of accommodation) accommodative response (AR) was induced by caffeine intake, whereas the...
Caffeine concentration in the vitreous after drinking coffee
7 April 2021
| Ed Rule
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Caffeine is known to penetrate many bodily fluids, including the vitreous. In this prospective study, investigators measured caffeine levels in vitreous samples from patients undergoing vitrectomy and epiretinal membrane peel. Patients were divided into habitual and non-habitual coffee drinkers. One...