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Intravitreal injections delivered by ophthalmic clinical nurse specialists
1 June 2015
| Rita McLauchlan, D Armstrong, Konstantinos Balaskas, Sajjad Mahmood
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Intravitreal injections of the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agent ranibizumab, for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was approved by National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) in 2008 [1]. The Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH),...
Ophthalmology Specialty Training 2024: What's different?
13 December 2023
| Mertcan Sevgi
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EYE - General
The 2024 intake for ophthalmology specialty training (OST) has undergone several significant changes in its approach towards candidate selection and assessment. This article provides a comparative analysis, detailing these new measures and comparing them against the previous year's standards. Our...
Eye News to partner with AOP Young Ophthalmologists Program
25 August 2021
We are delighted to announce our partnership with the AOP (Advanced Ophthalmologic Practice) Academy Young Ophthalmologists event 'Retina: How to avoid false friends'.
Virtual reality is revolutionising healthcare
From mental health therapies to surgical training, virtual reality is revolutionising healthcare, finds GlobalData.Exeter clinic manager wins VCHP Volunteer Award
Exeter VCHP clinic manager, Zoe Haigh, has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the charity during the past six years.WATCH EPISODE 10: Beyond 2020 with the Andean Medical Mission
11 September 2024
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AMM, Pterygium surgery, Charity, International, Working abroad, Dave Goldsmith, Rural Areas, South America, Bolivia, Andean Medical Mission
Welcome to the 10th episode of Beyond 2020, the video series from Andean Medical Mission | Bolivian Medical Charity that looks at strategies to eliminate avoidable blindness in countries with developing eyecare services and shares ideas and solutions to common...
SightCare announces exciting new audiology service partnership
SightCare, the UK’s leading provider of business and networking services to independent opticians, is excited to introduce a comprehensive new audiology service in partnership with trusted provider, Insight Hearing. The service, available with immediate effect, will give SightCare member practices...Moorfields: Pregnancy considerations in women with eye disease: a day of obstetrics for ophthalmologists
10 March 2025
Ophthalmic conditions are common in women of childbearing age, and treatments for these are evolving at a fast pace. When these women become pregnant, a common source of anxiety is both the potential continuation of these medications, as well as...
Moorfields Education: Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology
7 February 2025
Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology is a course for people who work in the field suitable for comprehensive/general ophthalmologists, urgent care and primary care, optometrists and nurse practitioners. This is an update on common themes which appear in the comprehensive...
Inherited retinal disorders now the leading cause of blindness
1 April 2014
| Thomas O'Neill
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The recent paper in BMJ Open, from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, ‘A comparison of the causes of blindness certifications in England and Wales in working age adults (16-64 years), 1999-2000 with 2009-2010’ concludes that inherited retinal disorders (IRD) such...
Topical nonsteroidal ant-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients undergoing cataract surgery
4 February 2021
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Postoperative inflammation, cataract surgery, diclofenac, laser flare meter, nepafenac
Inflammation is a major risk factor for the development of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) after cataract surgery, leading to breakdown of the blood-retina barrier. There is a correlation between severity of CMO and level of postoperative inflammation. Laser flare meter...
MicroRNAs in cataract
1 August 2016
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Age-related cataract, Lens epithelial cells, Lgr4, MicroRNA let-7b, Ultraviolet irradiation
In an ageing population cataract formation is one of the leading causes of blindness. Cataracts are caused by a failure to clear accumulating aggregated proteins in the lens. MicroRNAs are small non-coding transcripts which bind to specific mRNAs acting at...