Public health

You learn that your patient is in an abusive relationship, what should you do?

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Eye health issues that are making the news.

The senior clinical teaching fellow and higher qualifications expert discusses working in an education role alongside clinical practice.

Should optometrists be telling their glaucoma patients to give up yoga and quit coffee, or concentrate on more general lifestyle changes instead? Jo Waters asks three leading experts.

What ocular complications does Ehlers-Danlos cause and how should optometrists treat patients with this condition? Léa Surugue reports.

Kathy Oxtoby asks how optometrists can communicate effectively with patients who cannot verbally communicate.

The clinical figures that count.

The new discipline of oculomics uses machine learning to detect biomarkers of systemic health in the eye. Kim Thomas asks: how does it work, what are its ethical implications, and will it be the future of the profession?

Remote consultations were seen as a short-term pandemic solution, but they look like they’re here to stay. Steve Smethurst looks at the benefits of tele-optometry and the video software optometrists should consider.

A glance at what’s happening in the world of technology.