TFOS Part 4: Nutrition and ocular surface health
Dr Azadeh Tavakoli and Sarah Farrant continue the TFOS summary series with an insight into nutrition and ocular surface health...
Effective strategies for myopia management
Fiona Anderson and Tina Arbon Black consider the challenges faced by practitioners when prescribing myopia management...
The impact of harmful substances on eye health
In the first of a short new series looking at the impact of lifestyles on eye health, we invited Dr Sunni Patel to evaluate how harmful substances can impact the eye...
Optometric practice: The natural home of dry eye (3) & Diagnostic tear tests (2)
This third article by Andrew Price discusses ocular surface staining agents, slit-lamp signs, their relevance and how to make an accurate dry eye diagnosis...
Communication and accessibility in optical practice
Maryna Hura discusses the potential communication barriers for patients with learning disabilities and patients on the autism spectrum...
Metastatic tumours to the eye
Madison Woods, Harrison Fellheimer, Thomas Catapano and Dr Carol L Shields outline the eye care professional’s role in identifying and referring ocular tumours...
Driving and visual impairment
Australia based researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Dr Helen Nguyen and Professor Lisa Keay, present the outcomes of recent systematic review which describe the role of visual i...
The ocular sequelae of eyelash and eyebrow fashions
Claire McDonnell explains why keeping up with the latest eyelash and eyebrow fashions might be of relevance to eye care practitioners...
Inherited retinal diseases 2
Sarah Arnold continues her two-part series on inherited retinal disease and how optometrists can provide ongoing support to patients who have received a diagnosis of inherited retinal disease...
Navigating the glare: Identifying modern visual challenges for drivers and spectacle lens solutions
Kevin Gutsell considers the visual challenges faced by modern drivers and discusses some of the available lens designs and coatings...
TFOS Lifestyle Part 3 – Elective medications and procedures
In the latest instalment of our TFOS series, TFOS ambassador Sarah Farrant describes the role elective medications and elective procedures have to play on the integrity of the ocular surface...
Low vision: A quick guide for busy optometrists and dispensing opticians
We invited specialist optometrist, Cirta Tooth, to put together a simple to follow guide for ECPs wishing to improve their offerings for low vision patients...