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Moorfields Education: Ocular oncology for the non-ocular oncologist
This course is designed for clinicans working in the hospital or community setting who wish to gain more knowledge into lumps and bumps in the eye. The course will teach the attendees how to assess and identify tumours, how to...Sixth nerve palsy versus decompensating distance esophoria
Orthoptists see a wide range of conditions that can range from reduced binocular single vision (BSV) that may be solved with exercises, to more extreme neurogenic cases requiring further intervention. Because of this variety, it is important to be able...Assessing everyday visual function in dry AMD – what matters to the person?
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of blindness in the developed world and is accountable for more than one half of sight impairment registrations within England and Wales [1]. AMD is prevalent in people aged 60 years and...Tech supplier search to help tackle 8am rush at GP surgeries
Tech specialists are being sought to help tackle the 8am rush for appointments at GP surgeries.Old dogs
It is always nice to get a thank you card, especially so when it comes from someone at the tail end of an overbooked clinic who had waited patiently well past their appointed slot. Such was the case when I...Eye research: where next?
Eye research in the UK is underfunded relative to other areas of medical research and general awareness of sight loss and its prevention remains poor, messages that were reinforced in presentations and discussions during a recent research summit meeting in...An update on inherited retinal disorders (part 1) – overview and assessment of inherited retinal disease
Part 2 of this topic can be found here Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) is the leading cause of blindness certification in the working age population (age 16-64 years) in England and Wales and the second most common in childhood [1]....
Outcomes of cataract surgery in patients with uveitis
This is a systematic, evidence-based literature review and meta-analysis, looking at the visual outcomes (vision 20/40 or better) of cataract surgery in uveitic eyes. The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINHAL and CENTRAL, including English language and human studies only. They...
