The Atlas of Clinical and Surgical Orbital Anatomy (3rd edition) is an invaluable guide for orbital surgeons and those who work closely with the orbital region, such as ENT and maxillofacial surgeons.
The British Contact Lens Association – or BCLA as it’s better known – is a professional organisation dedicated to promoting the science, education and practice of contact lenses and related eyecare. The BCLA motto is to share knowledge, education and help eyecare practitioners to network, by bringin
In Europe, there is a thing of beauty called the EuroVelo network. At 90,000km long, it connects and traverses the entire continent with long-distance cycleways.
Dr Colin Parsloe discusses management of Stevens-Johnson syndrome in the acute vs chronic phase.
These authors recently travelled to Bordeaux to study DED in a space-like environment on board the Novespace flying laboratory. Here's what they learnt...
We have seen an increasing number of children and adults with dry eyes. In our opinion, this is due to a cultural shift in behaviours – we used to speak to one another much more, but now we tend to stare at phones, tablets, books, computers and televisions.
The eyelids protect the eye physically, by blinking, which protects the ocular surface from noxious insult and facilitates tear spreading via secretion of lipids from the meibomian glands. Involutional or iatrogenic eyelid changes can influence eyelid function, potentially leading to dry eye. This r
Blepharitis is a common, underdiagnosed and often untreated eye affliction which may cause a range of clinical manifestations, including irritated eyelid margins, loss of eyelashes, tear film disruption, ocular discomfort and meibomian gland dysfunction1. Causes can include bacterial, viral, fungal
Three stylists share their views on eyewear trends and how the right frame can help their client look and feel their best.
The ultimate impact of climate change will be like Covid on steroids. Remember during Covid the impacts of not being able to serve customers in the same way or source products from around the world? All those things will happen again with climate change, only exacerbated. The COP28 climate conferenc
Young people in New Zealand have among the highest rates of screen use in the world, both at home and at school. It’s now widely accepted within scientific communities that, along with opportunities for learning, social connection and having fun, digital devices and internet access also present a ri
The impact of disease on the ocular surface is often assessed clinically by checking for fluorescein staining of the corneal epithelium, to highlight areas of damage secondary to trauma, infection or desiccation. In dry eye disease, corneal staining is typically superficial, punctate and located inf
