Pilot boosts support for patients with vision loss
A recent pilot showed strengthened referral pathways increase access to support for people living with low vision or blindness.
Staff reporters4 min read
Optometry Features
Stars and their eyes Phyllida Law
British actress Phyllida Law (93) has glaucoma and worries her daughters – actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson – will go blind, just like her own mother did.
Staff reporters2 min read
Patient using serum drops 'feels eyes again'
While most cases of dry eye disease respond well to established treatments, there is a subset with severe dry eye that may need other options. Serum eye drops have been successfully used for decades for conditions including persistent epithelial defects and neurotrophic keratopathy. Increasingly, th
Nick Mathew4 min read
A protocol for reliable dry eye diagnosis
A standardised protocol for tear meniscus height, a critical aetiological indicator of aqueous-deficient dry eye
Professor James Wolffsohn and Moonisah Ayaz4 min read
A patient's-eye view
David Slack on his dad's cataract surgery and the eyecare professionals who make it all possible
David Slack4 min read
Real-world registry boosts dry eye care globally
Despite many available treatments, dry eye disease (DED) remains one of the most underdiagnosed and undertreated conditions in eyecare. Clinical trials to inform treatment development often have stric
Dr Ngozi Chidi-Egboka and Professor Stephanie Watson7 min read
Local research contributions guiding clinical practice in DED
Research-based insights into predictive signs, clinical tests and global practice patterns for dry eye disease
Dr Kalika Bandamwar5 min read
Precision matters in kids' lens prescribing
For kids, accuracy in lens power is about achieving clear vision and supporting good visual development
Dr Grant Hannaford5 min read
The optometry marketer's free toolkit
As a practice owner or manager, you know the feeling of multitasking. Day-to-day, working on your business fundamentals generally takes a back seat to the primary goal of taking care of your patients. The good thing is it doesn't take as much time, effort or money to get your practice to-do lists do
Robert Springer5 min read
Adjusting eyelid position brings dry eye relief
Dry eye disease (DED) is multifactorial in origin and, while intrinsic ocular surface pathology often garners the most attention, mechanical contributors, particularly those related to eyelid position and function, are sometimes underrecognised. In clinical oculoplastics practice, eyelid malposition
Dr Ayyad Khan, Dr Elin Bohman and Professor Tor Utheim4 min read
Drug therapy review for meibomian gland dysfunction
Dry, gritty, burning eyes? The most common culprit is meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). These tiny glands, nestled within our eyelids, should secrete a lubricous oily substance termed meibum, which p
Jordan Cooper, Catherine Jennings and Dr Kalika Bandamwar7 min read
Radio host recalls how an optometrist saved her life
Dani Fennessy on her sight- and life-saving journey with IIH
Susie Hill3 min read