Research

A blood sample taken from the mother before birth can determine with close to 100% accuracy whether the baby will develop eye cancer

Eye care professionals share their views on why the profession needs to take myopia seriously

Australian researchers have explored whether there is a connection between long working hours, toxic work culture and mental wellbeing

New research has supported the effectiveness of lateral flow tests as businesses with fewer than 50 employees become eligible for free COVID-19 workplace testing

University College London Hospital has developed an algorithm capable of predicting 90% of patients who skip appointments

Job descriptions with ‘patient’ and ‘treatment’ as key words are less likely to become automated according to research by the Office for National Statistics

New research suggests that spending more than six hours of each waking day sitting or lying down is a “major public health issue”

From tips for novices to the pitfalls of over-reliance on normative data, Aston University lecturer Rebekka Heitmar talks with OT  about how optometrists can harness the potential of optical coherence tomography

New research has found that one in five contact lens wearers flush their contacts down the sink or toilet

Head of policy and research at the General Optical Council, David Rowland, talks with OT  about key insights into how the public views the profession