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Cataract and cataract surgery: A clinical overview

Cataract and cataract surgery: A clinical overview

Consultant ophthalmic surgeon David Anderson provides an overview of cataract treatment in the UK...

Medical retina 2: Wet age-related macular degeneration

Medical retina 2: Wet age-related macular degeneration

In her second article relating to medical retina Amy Green outlines the public health implications, pathophysiology and classification of AMD, its signs and symptoms, referral protocols and treatment ...

Ocular light therapies

Ocular light therapies

Dr Douglas Clarkson takes a look at the science underpinning the safe use of intense pulsed light therapies...

Kids and contact lenses: A life-changing case study

Kids and contact lenses: A life-changing case study

Kevin Blake, Shamina Asif and Wasim Sarwar explore best practice for fitting children with contact lenses, from the initial consultation, through to aftercare and follow up, covering professional stan...

Depression, anxiety and the optical workplace: Protecting well-being in the face of pressure

Depression, anxiety and the optical workplace: Protecting well-being in the face of pressure

In this timely and topical article Sheena Tanna-Shah explores mental health issues commonly affecting UK optometrists and dispensing opticians...

Fundamentals of binocular vision: Health and safety in optical practice

Fundamentals of binocular vision: Health and safety in optical practice

Professor Charlotte Codina explores the fundamentals of binocular single vision through the lens of the three grades originally proposed by Claud Worth, and those tests that investigate simultaneous p...

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