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Blind and partially sighted people join cane walk to Westminster in bid to end year-long waits for support
Blind and partially sighted people gathered at Westminster today to tell the Government it’s time to end the postcode lottery of support for people with sight loss. A group of blind and partially sighted people using white canes took part...Glaucoma UK announces winners of the 2025 ‘Excellence in Glaucoma Care Award’
Glaucoma UK is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Excellence in Glaucoma Care Awards – Patrick (Paddy) Gunn from Manchester and Alex Gage Family Optometrists in Sheffield. This annual award celebrates individuals or teams who have made remarkable...CooperVision’s plastic neutrality initiative reaches remarkable half-billion bottle milestone
CooperVision recently announced a significant milestone in its pioneering plastic neutrality initiative. The multi-continent programme – in collaboration with Plastic Bank®, eyecare professionals, and contact lens wearers – has now prevented the equivalent of more than half a billion plastic...Papilloedema: an update
Some readers may have seen a recent report in the national newspapers of the case of a teenage girl with persistent severe headache associated with a fatal brain tumour having been undiagnosed despite many consultations with her medical advisers. It...Paediatric optic disc anomalies
Anomalies of the optic nerve are relatively rare, but account for a significant proportion of sight impairment in children and adults. The recognition of these anomalies by eye health professionals is important not only due to their potential impact on...Neuro-ophthalmic disease patterns in Southeast Asia with particular reference to giant cell arteritis
As indicated in an earlier article in Eye News [1] Dr Cullen was invited in 2000 to the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) as visiting Professor with a specific remit to set up a specialist neuro-ophthalmology service, which was the...Oct/Nov 2019 Quiz
History A 62-year-old female patient was referred for rapid growth of a left periorbital soft tissue lesion with proptosis. Her past medical history included: hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and bipolar disorder. On examination: vision in the affected eye was hand movements, right...Radiation retinopathy
The authors review the current treatment options for this condition. Radiation retinopathy (RR) occurs as a complication after exposure to any type of radiation (external beam, plaque brachytherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery) in the orbital or adnexal region. These include nasopharyngeal...What's trending Feb/Mar 2025
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #ChrisMcCausland #StrictlyWinner “I hope that anybody out there that doesn’t know someone who is blind now has higher expectations of what...
Ptosis surgery outcomes
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of childhood ptosis surgery in a population-based cohort. The authors assessed reoperation rates, amblyopia, risk of lag, dry eye and other complications. This was a retrospective review of 47...
Anterior segment OCT predicts gonioscopic angle closure
This is a prospective observational study of 342 subjects over four years. Sixty-five were controls who had open angles both on gonioscopy and AS-OCT, while 277 had open angles only on gonioscopy but iridotrabecular contact (ITC) on AS-OCT (one to...
