Diabetes has been described as one of the biggest epidemics of the 21st century. By 2045, 783 million people are projected to have developed diabetes globally1. In 2021 alone, diabetes resulted in 6.7 million deaths worldwide and US$966 billion in global healthcare spending1.
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This month, Drew Jones covers Eye Institute’s Drs Peter Hadden’s and Sophie Hill’s responses to optometrists’ questions about vitrectomy recovery and counselling, anti-VEGF choices and emerging management options for geographic atrophy secondary to AMD. Answers have been abridged.
Perceived ‘distortion’ in spectacle wear is not a single entity but a combination of prismatic effects, magnification, off-axis aberrations and position-of-wear changes. Patients often mislabel blur, tilt, or instability as distortion. Accurate clinical management depends on distinguishing true spat
Dr Arvind Gupta reviews the latest research on the ocular effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists
This new Specialty Contact Lenses resource by Daddi Fadel and Melissa Barnett is a comprehensive, paperback textbook that would be useful for any eyecare practitioner keen to broaden their knowledge i
This is the first of a two-part series explaining the optical mechanisms and perceptual interpretations of distortion. Part two will examine clinical strategies to resolve distortion. As prescriptions
