Research

A new way of treating chemical burns to the eye developed by Newcastle University researchers will be tested in a trial involving 30 patients

A YouGov poll by Fight for Sight reports that 54% came into contact with water in their contact lenses, while 47% admit to sleeping in them

Disease of the small arteries, including retinopathy, is connected with a 3.7 times greater risk of lower limb amputation

A 57-year-old woman presented to hospital with redness, pain and blurred vision in her right eye after an accident while gardening

University of New South Wales researcher and optometrist, Dr Nicole Carnt, talks with OT  about what optometrists can do to protect their patients from acanthamoeba keratitis

A man presented to a US hospital with loss of vision in his left eye two years after suffering encephalitis from a herpes simplex virus infection

Researchers have explored similarities and differences in how blind and sighted individuals describe animal appearance

A survey has found that 35% of parents asked a health visitor to check their child’s eyes – up from 29% in 2014

“Social media channels, like Instagram, provide an exciting opportunity for scientists to improve their public image”

An increasing number of Americans are being diagnosed with shingles of the eye