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Maurice Saatchi wants new legislation to free British doctors from fear of litigation in the pursuit of innovation. Others view it as a charlatan’s charter

Anti-VEGF agents are effective in treating DME – but not always indefinitely. Steroids work – but accelerate cataract development.

Showcasing the greatest ophthalmic advances of the year

Popular culture has always viewed eyes as being things of beauty. But there’s more to the eye than the color of your irides.

A student lost sight in one eye after failing to remove her disposable contact lenses for six months. So how did tabloid journalists turn it into such a popular news story?

SIRT1 appears to be an anti-aging protein that protects against weight gain, diabetes, inflammation, and even optic neuritis… in mouse models. Is SIRT1 the key to eternal youth, or simply snake oil?

Is the potential dystopia that is myopia a consequence of too much study?

Big data analytics is the most sophisticated method yet devised for “augmenting the human intellect”.

Uveal and skin melanoma originate in the same type of cell, but are very different in terms of molecular mechanism, pathobiology, prognosis and therapeutic strategy. Here, the features of uveal melanoma are described and the latest therapeutic developments discussed.

If you had your time again, would you go to medical school, and would you choose ophthalmology?