Stars and Their Eyes… Tio Chico
Brazil’s Sidney de Carvalho Mesquita holds the world record title for the male with the farthest eyeball pop.
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Brazil’s Sidney de Carvalho Mesquita holds the world record title for the male with the farthest eyeball pop.
Despite failing its phase 3 primary endpoint, ST-100 (vezocolmitide) ophthalmic solution for the treatment of dry eye disease (DED) maintained other findings that validate its promise and effectivenes
A new study from Peking University in Beijing, China, has found diversified segmental defocus optimisation (DSDO) spectacles delayed myopia onset and could be considered another option for slowing ear
It’s amazing how many medical conferences are held in Hawaii – a clear testament to what an excellent environment it is for learning. There is a large convention centre beside the river, a stone’s throw from Waikiki beach, the air is warm and Hawaii gets the trade winds, which prevent it from getti
London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital pitted consultant ophthalmologists against their more junior colleagues to compare immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgeries (ISBCS) outcomes over three years to better understand the relationship between the grade of surgeon and ISBCS outcomes.
As clinicians, we are witnessing a silent crisis: keratoconus prevalence in Māori rangatahi is 1:45, eight times higher than in European populations. Despite corneal crosslinking (CXL) halting its progression, most patients present with advanced disease. Typically, young people arrive after failing
Having completed New Zealand's 3,026km Te Araroa Trail in 2023 to raise funds for his charity Eye Care for Africa, Hawke’s Bay optometrist Niall McCormack is at it again. This time, he is walking the length of the UK to raise more funds for Eye Care for Africa and Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ).
A group of researchers in China has recommended people at high risk of AMD avoid instant coffee.
Researchers at the University of Adelaide found that intravitreal use of the bevacizumab biosimilar MVASI has a similar ophthalmic safety profile and may be used as an alternative to Avastin. Alth
A UK study found visual processing speed can predict dementia risk 12 years before diagnosis by conventional assessment. Researchers at Loughborough University and Cambridge University conducted
A UK survey found patients and their relatives were overwhelmingly in favour of using artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostic testing of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) to accelerate genetic diag
Researchers in the US and Brazil have found that a cheap oral inflammasome inhibitor, commonly prescribed for patients with HIV, significantly improved vision in patients with centre-involved diabetic