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Breakthrough eye implant restores reading vision in blind patients

Research & Innovation
A new eye implant paired with augmented reality glasses has allowed patients with previously untreatable blindness to read again.

1 in 4 people in the UK suffer from dry eye, but what is it exactly?

Diseases & Conditions
Although 17 million people are thought to be suffering from dry eye, the condition is not always easily diagnosed. How can we better understand it?

How can we do better for children’s spectacles?

Health & Social Care
When it comes to children’s spectacles, we ‘must do better’, Dr Alicia Thompson from the Association of British Dispensing Opticians argues.

How to maintain eye health & take care of aging eyes

Health & Social Care
As we get older, our vision declines and so maintaining our eye health becomes even more important.

Fall prevention: preventing 1 million falls in the UK by 2030

Health & Social Care
Falls cost the UK £4.4 billion per year. Smplicare is on a mission to transform fall prevention and prevent 1 million of those falls by 2030.

Degenerative eye disease and the opportunities of ophthalmic drug development

Diseases & Conditions
Eric Buckland of Translational Imaging Innovations looks at ophthalmic drug development and how better clinical endpoints can improve success rates.

Sustainable eyewear and eye care through procurement

Health & Social Care
Antonia Chitty, Head of Communications and IT at the Association of British Dispensing Opticians, provides insight into sustainable eyewear and eye care procurement.

Creating energy-efficient displays through blue quantum dot technology

Technology
Display devices based on quantum dots have promised greater power efficiency, brightness and colour purity than previous generations of displays.

What are the causes and symptoms of diabetic retinopathy?

Health & Social Care
Diabetic retinopathy is the real medical term for diabetic eye disease. It is the most common cause of blindness in people of working age. 94 million people are affected worldwide.

Clinical Endpoints and data management in the era of ophthalmic precision medicine

Health & Social Care
Eric Buckland of Translational Imaging Innovations and Ronald Schuchard, Clinical Product Development Expert, explore the benefits of ophthalmic precision medicine to improve patient care across sectors.

Could reducing screen time slow down the aging process?

Research & Innovation
Excessive screen time is linked to obesity, psychological problems and even acceleration of aging - could reducing blue light really slow down the aging process?

The role optical practices play in dealing with eye problems

Diseases & Conditions
Daryl Newsome FBDO R CL SMC(Tech), President of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians, examines the important role that optical practices can play in dealing with eye problems.

Blue light exposure: What are the dangers?

Technology
Daily, lifelong exposure to blue light which comes from phones, computers and household fixtures can worsen with age.

Data capture for researching degenerative eye disease

Diseases & Conditions
Translational Imaging Innovations makes data accessible to research degenerative eye disease.

All people with blue eyes have one common ancestor 

Research & Innovation
Scientists reveal that a genetic mutation, happening around 10,000 years ago, led to the repression of melanin for humans with blue eyes.

Accelerating design & manufacture in the eye care sector

Health & Social Care
Nick Walsh, updates us on the fast-moving developments in the eye care sector, specifically on the design & manufacture of frames for glasses.

The global cost of visual impairment

Health & Social Care
250 million people suffer from visual impairment at a global cost of $3 trillion, Translational Imaging Innovations explain.
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