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
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
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
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
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
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...
Environmental factors and eye health: A modern day ocular problem?
Dr Sunni Patel explores the influence of environmental factors on eye health...
BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia 8: Management with corneal techniques
Dr Neema Ghorbani-Mojarrad and Professor Jennifer P Craig provide an overview of the corneal management approaches for presbyopia. The last article in a series that captures the clinically relevant co...
The ocular signs of neurofibromatosis 1
Optometrist Monica Singh, a volunteer at the Childhood Tumour Trust, outlines the importance of recognising the ocular signs of the rare genetic condition neurofibromatosis 1...
TFOS DEWS III management report 2: A new era in evidence-based dry eye care
Sarah Farrant reviews the latest research into dry eye from the third Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop Management and Therapy Report...
OCT masterclass 7: OCT, dry and wet AMD
The past articles have looked at OCT interpretation, OCT and glaucoma and OCT-A. In this article, we shall explore in more depth the role that OCT plays in the diagnosis and management of both dry and...
Frailty and visual impairment
Cirta Tooth introduces the concept of frailty in the context of managing patients with vision impairment, including some case scenarios from her clinical practice...