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Reusable contact lenses ‘more than triple risk of rare eye infection’

Reusable contact lens users are almost four times as likely as those wearing daily disposables to develop a rare sight-threatening eye infection, a study has found. The researchers suggest people should avoid wearing their lenses while swimming, or ...

23 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Grandmother, 88, first in UK to detect signals in eye using bionic chip

An 88-year-old grandmother who lost the sight in her left eye has become the first person in the UK to detect signals in her eye using a “revolutionary” new bionic chip. The woman, who has seven children and eight grandchildren, suffers from ...

21 Jan 2022 at 01:25

More awareness is needed around genetic sight loss – expert

There needs to be more awareness about genetic sight loss among the public and specialists, an expert has said. Inherited sight loss conditions are the most common cause of blindness in working age adults in the UK. While there is a lack of ...

24 Apr 2023 at 00:01

AI-powered eye scan could help detect Parkinson’s disease – study

Eye scans powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could detect Parkinson’s disease in people before they have symptoms, a study has suggested. Scientists hope that technology could eventually be used as a pre-screening tool for people at ...

21 Aug 2023 at 21:00

AI healthcare model to ‘supercharge’ detection of illness from eye tests

An artificial intelligence (AI) model trained like ChatGPT to allow clinicians to predict a person’s risk of having a heart attack by looking at their retina could have “huge public health implications”, according to its developers. A ...

19 Sept 2023 at 11:12

NHS braces for disruption to patients caused by rail strike

The NHS “remains open”, leading medics have said as the health service prepares for disruption caused by rail strikes. Patients have been urged to plan ahead for appointments. And hospitals have made arrangements to ensure staff will ...

21 Jun 2022 at 03:45

Eye surgeon warns of potential surge in firework injuries due to cost of living

A surgeon at Britain’s biggest eye hospital has said he is worried about a potential surge in people suffering serious eye injuries over Guy Fawkes weekend due to the cost-of-living crisis. Badrul Hussain, a consultant of more than ...

05 Nov 2022 at 22:29

Parents of boy with rare eye condition hail ‘amazing’ results of gene therapy

A couple whose son was among one of the first patients in the world to receive an innovative treatment for a rare genetic condition that causes blindness has said he can now pick small things up off the floor and identify toys ...

20 Feb 2025 at 23:46

Medics preserve sight in children with rare genetic eye condition in world first

Medics in the UK have become the first in the world to successfully administer a pioneering gene therapy that preserves sight in young children with an extremely rare genetic condition that usually causes blindness in the ...

20 Feb 2025 at 23:30

Specialist UK surgeons save sight of Bangladeshi students injured in protests

Surgeons from a specialist UK eye hospital have helped save the sight of more than 20 Bangladeshi students who were wounded in last summer’s protests in the country. Mahi Muqit and Niaz Islam, consultant ophthalmologists ...

15 Apr 2025 at 12:47

Woman contemplating eye removal has sight saved in time for wedding

A doctor who was contemplating having her eye removed had her sight restored in time for her wedding thanks to a first-of-its-kind genomics lab. Ellie Irwin had a rare bacterial eye infection which had been causing ...

30 Apr 2025 at 00:01

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