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Where We Will Be Exhibiting 2023
2023 106th Oxford Ophthalmological Congress
New Theatre, Worcester College and Randolph Hotel
Stand 14
3rd, 4th and 5th July 2023
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MOS AGM Meeting
Austin Court, Cambridge Street, Birmingham
Friday 6th October 2023
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UKISCRS 47th Annual Meeting
Leonardo City Hotel, London Bridge
1st, 2nd and 3rd November 2023
BMEH Bicentennial Scientific Conference
ICC Birmingham
7th to 8th December 2023
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Sightcare Business Conference 2024
Telford International Centre
28th to 29th January 2024
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100% Optical
EXCEL, London
24th to 26th February 2024
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Blogs
Whiter Shades of PaleIt is rarer for younger people to have difficulty with colour perception and their vision but it is noted that people over the age of seventy have a more rapid decrease in perception. |
Exercising VisionWatching lab mice play on their wheels has provided valuable research material that suggests that aerobic type exercises may cause the progression of some eye diseases to slow right down. Could it be that Age Related Macular Degeneration will one day be cured by introducing regular exercise as a long term preventative measure. |
In the PinkToo many mornings this past week I have woken to blood red shot eyes. It's easy to put it down to lack of sleep, too many late nights, or even having the air con on in the car too high but are you aware of what the causes of your red eyes are? |
Hope for GlaucomaThe British Journal of Ophthalmology has published an article surrounding research carried out by the University of Nottingham where a new corneal layer has been identified in the human eye.The Dua's Layer, as it has been named contributes to the trabecular meshwork which lies at the very outer edge of the cornea.The meshwork is a collective of tissue m |
Learning Before we Promote |
No Fowl for EngineeringA fascinating new find has been made by research scientists in the eyes of our fine feathered friends, the chicken. |
Space the Developing FrontierWho would have thought that a defunct piece of space probing equipment would be Eco-recycled to assist ophthalmic surgeons in precision technical surgeries?Well, it is all true.Head of Maastricht University Medical Centre has announced that the eye clinic has been using a piece of hardware known as The Hummingbird which was originally designed as a device |
Juggling FiguresApproximately four years ago roughly 703 million people in the world did not have good vision as they did not have the access to eye examinations and corrective eyeglasses. |
Sound & VisionIt is not an uncommon turn of phrase to hear that those who have limited sense in one area, make up for it in another. |
Training On the FloorThe company Ocuco who provide the Acuitas and Focus Practice Management Systems are looking to invest in their current staff in a new training program that will assist in identifying their clients needs. |
NYX Expo for SpringThe British Contact Lens Association is on it's way to meet other providers at a New York expo. It will be the very first Global Contact Lens Forum that has taken place in New York and will run in the spring from March 26 for two days. Other industry organizers along with the BCLA include the International Vision Expo & Conference. |
New Kit Reduces Op TimesThe Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth are the receivers of new technology that allows corneal transplants to take place that takes the grand total time of under half an hour to complete.The Hospital report that the cutting edge technology being utilized is treating a patient within twenty minutes, with neither stitches or injections needing to be giv |