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C- 76087 | Using your tools in glaucoma monitoring

CET points: 1
Closes: 12 Oct 2020

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Myopia: Essilor spectacles slow progression by 60%

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Strictly star Oti Mabuse to lead Vision Aid Overseas World Sight Day appeal

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Education Strategic Review: optical bodies express concern over funding uncertainty

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“Everything will fall into place”

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Optometrist | Cecil Amey Opticians

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Clinical roundup

OT ’s Ryan O’Hare reviews the latest clinical news and research papers
- OT news and features
- Pulished 18 Dec 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Research Feature
New-look Council

OT reports on November's AOP Council meeting
- OT news and features
- Pulished 08 Dec 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
AOP Feature
Forces for change: imaging

OT reports on an upcoming trial of binocular OCT
- OT news and features
- Pulished 02 Dec 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Feature Technology OCT Patients Hospital optometrists
Forces for change: myopia

Myopia prevalence is growing worldwide. OT reports
- OT news and features
- Pulished 02 Dec 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Research Myopia Treatment Feature
Forces for change: hospitals

OT on the need to expand the hospital eye service
- OT news and features
- Pulished 02 Dec 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Health services Feature Hospital optometrists NHS Patients
The disruption factor

OT explores the clinical, research and technological trends with the potential to shake up optics in 2016
- OT news and features
- Pulished 01 Dec 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Clinical and regulatory Treatment Stem cells Professional conduct GOS GOC Feature
Sending the right message

Patient-turned campaigner, Irenie Ekkeshis, talks Acanthamoeba keratitis
- OT news and features
- Pulished 26 Nov 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Contact lenses Patients Campaign Feature
Beyond the female frontier

The shifting gender balance in optometry
- OT news and features
- Pulished 03 Nov 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Clinical and regulatory GOC NHS Primary care Students Universities Feature
A neurologist coloured with vision
- OT news and features
- Pulished 11 Sep 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Feature Feature
Gut bacteria link to uveitis

The community of bacteria in our gut could be producing a molecular mimic which activates immune cells and damages the retina
- OT news and features
- Pulished 23 Aug 2015
- by Ryan O'Hare
Research Retina Feature Feature