by Ahmed El-Amir | May 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
The WHO says all countries should make available a cheap, unlicensed drug to prevent blindness in older people. More… http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/17/cheap-blindness-drug-should-be-made-widely-available-says-who
by Ahmed El-Amir | May 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
The IGA runs its national public awareness week in June: National Glaucoma Awareness Week. More… http://www.glaucoma-association.com/about-the-iga/what-we-do/campaigns
by Ahmed El-Amir | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
More… http://www.spectator.co.uk/health/features-health/9517752/the-surgeon-whos-bringing-new-hope-on-britains-commonest-cause-of-blindness/
by Ahmed El-Amir | Apr 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
The UK’s leading magazine for the independent healthcare sector, the Independent Practitioner Today, headlined its coverage of The Harley Street Eye Clinic’s official launch with ‘World-beating new eye clinic’ More…...
by Ahmed El-Amir | Apr 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
The British Medical Journal has accused drugs companies of undermining trials of another, cheaper drug. More… http://news.sky.com/story/1457191/drug-companies-accused-in-eye-disease-row
by Ahmed El-Amir | Mar 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
The only eye clinic in the world, which is able to implant a miniature telescopic lens for patients who have age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and who have had prior eye surgery for cataracts, has opened officially today (19th March 2015) in Harley Street,...
by Ahmed El-Amir | Mar 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Harley Street Eye Clinic’s director, Mr Ahmed El Amir, was profiled in The Daily Telegraph on 9th March 2015. The article said ‘one of the world’s leading eye surgeons, has developed a technique that could save the sight of up to 500,000 people with...
by Ahmed El-Amir | Mar 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
For the first time, researchers have confirmed that the human retina is built backwards, with the neurons in front of the photoreceptors, rather than behind them. More…...
by Ahmed El-Amir | Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Daniel Palanker of Stanford University has developed a chip-based system which, although it will not fully restore vision, may bring someone back to a point where he is no longer legally blind. More…...
by Ahmed El-Amir | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ranibizumab is a monoclonal antibody fragment used to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO) — a leading cause of vision loss in working-age adults in the United States. More…...
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