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National Eye Health Week: the importance of regular eye examinations
Posted: 27/09/2024
National Eye Health Week is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of eye health and the need for regular eye examinations. The campaign aims to highlight the significance of early detection and prompt treatment of potentially sight-altering conditions. Regular eye exams are crucial in detecting various eye problems......>>
NHS patients at risk of avoidable sight loss because of staff shortages
Posted: 06/04/2023
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has recently published the outcome of its latest census of ophthalmology services in the NHS, taken over three weeks towards the end of 2022. The results suggest a stark deterioration over the previous 12 months and increasing concerns over backlogs in NHS outpatient eye care......>>
Diabetic retinopathy – how eye disease can result from diabetes
Posted: 17/11/2022
Monday 14 November 2022 was World Diabetes Day. Diabetes can have various health consequences, one of which is known as diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy can impair a person’s sight, lead to glaucoma, or even total blindness, and is one of the most common causes of blindness in people of a working age......>>
World Sight Day 2022 – focusing on the importance of regular sight test appointments
Posted: 13/10/2022
Over 2.2 billion people worldwide suffer from visual impairment and, sadly, almost half of those visual impairments could have been prevented or avoided. Thursday 13 October is World Sight Day. The charity responsible for the annual campaign, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), this year focuses on the importance of......>>
Reusable contact lenses ‘raise risk of eye infection’
Posted: 28/09/2022
Recent research conducted by teams at the University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital have found that wearers of reusable contact lenses are almost four times as likely to develop a sight-threatening eye infection, when compared with those who use daily disposable contact lenses......>>

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