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The evolution of AI and its increasing use in eye care

The evolution of AI and its increasing use in eye care

Jason Higginbotham investigates the ways AI has developed and the innovations it has brought to the treatment of ocular conditions...

Optometric practice: The natural home of dry eye – part 6

Optometric practice: The natural home of dry eye – part 6

This sixth article by Andrew Price, continues to look beyond the use of dry eye drops alone, at therapy patients can carry out themselves, under the title ‘home treatments’...

TFOS DEWS III - Diagnostic methodology: Management and therapy report 

TFOS DEWS III - Diagnostic methodology: Management and therapy report 

Sarah Farrant reviews the latest research into dry eye from the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop, TFOS DEWS III Management and Therapy Report1 published in June 2025...

BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia 7: Mechanism and optics

BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia 7: Mechanism and optics

Dr Sayantan Biswas and Prof Leon N Davies provide an overview of the mechanism and optics associated with presbyopia. The seventh article of a series that captures the clinically relevant conclusions ...

Spherical aberration and the benefits of aspheric lenses for vision correction

Spherical aberration and the benefits of aspheric lenses for vision correction

Optical engineer Cory Boone breaks down spherical aberration, its effects on vision and ophthalmic lens performance, aspheric lenses for aberration control and the centre of rotation condition in opht...

Anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Iftab Akram and Professor Yit Chiun Yang of the Practice Plus Group discuss the role of community optometrists in referring patients for cataract surgery and provide guidance to primary eye care profe...

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