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Scope 2019 Charity Event - In Aid of RSBC

19 August 2019 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Every year Scope hosts an event in aid of various charities working to improve the lives of people with visual impairments in the UK and this year is no different, with the chosen charity being the Royal Society for Blind Children* (RSBC) (https://www.rsbc.org.uk/).

BARS (British Association of Retinal Screening) Conference 2023

28 September 2023 -29 September 2023
Why not join us at the BARS Conference 2023 in the vibrant city of Bristol, at the Marriott Hotel on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 September. This year there is something for everyone with an interest in diabetic eye screening....

What's trending Oct/Nov 2019

1 October 2019 | | Emergency Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
#probeyeotic #eyeballbugs #microbiome The human microbiome usually conjures up images of the gastrointestinal tract and yoghurt containing good bacteria. However, research suggests that the ocular mucosa is home to a unique microbe collection, with important immunological functional properties [1]. This...

ANGPTL-4 inhibition reduces inflammation in diabetic retinopathy

1 June 2018 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Adipocytokine, Angiopoietin-like protein-4 (ANGPTL-4), Diabetic retinopathy (DR), Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α), Inflammation, Profilin-1
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common cause of blindness in working-age humans, and numbers are rising due to increased cases of type 2 diabetes (T2D). T2D is associated with increased obesity and dyslipidaemia, which is a major risk factor...

MicroRNAs in cataract

1 August 2016 | | Cataract and Refractive | 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...

What's trending Aug/Sept 2019

1 August 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Emergency Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease
#puppydogeyes Who can resist a pair of puppy dog eyes? It may be that no human can! A team of researchers discovered that dogs acquired a new forehead muscle, which is scanty or absent in wolves. This muscle is the...

Traumatic optic neuropathy

1 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Orbit, Emergency Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
In neuro-ophthalmology we get asked a lot about management of patients who suffered significant trauma and presented with loss of vision secondary to presumed traumatic optic neuropathy (TON). TON happens usually in the context of significant craniofacial trauma. The incidence...

Systemic sarcoidosis presenting with acute myopia and angle closure

1 June 2016 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease, Cataract and Refractive, Glaucoma, Genetics, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
Case report A 40-year-old Asian man presented to the Emergency Department with a one day history of sudden onset visual disturbance in his right eye. He complained of image distortion and noted that objects now appeared smaller. He also described...

Celebrating eight years of the nurse-led intravitreal injection service

4 February 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London celebrated the eighth year of its nurse-led intravitreal (IVT) injection service in 2020. In collaboration with Beaver-Visitec International (BVI), Moorfields’ comprehensive one-day course for non-medical staff has blossomed into a thriving success....

Eye research: where next?

1 December 2017 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease, Cataract and Refractive, Glaucoma, Genetics, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
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...

Cutting-edge practice in glaucoma care: what, how and why?

1 April 2016 | | Glaucoma
More effective treatments and drug delivery modalities, implantable minimally invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) devices, as well as accelerating clinical research programmes, will transform the surgical and clinical management of glaucoma in the near future. There is also an ever-greater emphasis...

COVID-19 and the eye: a review of ocular involvement and protective strategies

1 June 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, COVID-19
A lot of attention has been placed on the use of face coverings to limit COVID-19 transmission, but there has been less focus on ocular involvement and ocular protection strategies. The author reviews the literature and discusses possible solutions. The...