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This visual recognition article will explore some of the more uncommon dispensing solutions that a practitioner may encounter in practice. Readers are encouraged to read around the subject area before...

Closed: 22 Feb 2020

This article outlines the steps to take to identify and manage patients at risk of falls and depression as a result of visual impairment

Closed: 22 Feb 2020

This article discusses various dispensing considerations in relation to prisms and outlines their use in special optical appliances

Closed: 27 Dec 2019

This article considers the factors that need to be considered when dispensing progressive addition lenses to patients, taking into account lens design and lifestyle requirements

Closed: 25 Oct 2019

This article discusses some of the latest ways to assess and image UV-related damage to the eye and reviews the current methods of ocular UV protection

Closed: 20 Sep 2019

Ocular injuries as a result of participating in sports are a common presentation to accident and emergency departments. This article will educate practitioners on examining and preventing ocular i...

Closed: 20 Sep 2019

This article discusses the options for managing patients presenting with diplopia in routine practice

Closed: 23 Aug 2019

This article analyses some of the problems related to anisometropic prescriptions from a dispensing perspective and discusses potential single vision and multifocal solutions

Closed: 22 Feb 2019

This article presents a series of cases to illustrate various approaches for managing the challenges of paediatric dispensing

Closed: 26 Dec 2018

There is strong scientific interest in understanding factors leading to myopia development and progression, and options for myopia control. In this article, scientific evidence will be combined with...

Closed: 26 Dec 2018

This article provides an overview of a range of conditions, which can result in learning disability, outlining potential ocular and systemic associations in each case

Closed: 12 Oct 2018

This article outlines case presentations of children underachieving academically as seen in clinical practice

Closed: 12 Oct 2018

A frail individual is more likely to fall. This article introduces how an optometrist is able to identify frailty and refer for falls prevention advice

Closed: 07 Sep 2018

In this article, the author presents a series of cases of children that presented to his practice to identify potential visual factors influencing academic underachievement

Closed: 06 Jul 2018

This article explores the literature to outline evidence-based approaches to managing myopia progression

Closed: 09 Mar 2018