Nutrition and the Eye: A Recipe for Success

A look at the evidence for tasty ways of lowering risks and improving ocular health.

The association between good vision and eating carrots and fish seems baked into our DNA. While modern medicine has innovated so many useful pharmaceutical treatments, devices, and surgical practices, nutrition remains a central factor in overall health, particularly ocular health...

Author: Sean Henahan

New Award to Encourage Research into Sustainable Practices

ESCRS is deepening its commitment to sustainable ophthalmology by launching a new award to drive high-quality translational research that can reduce the carbon footprint and enhance the circularity of global cataract, refractive, and corneal practices...

Sharing a Vision for the Future

ESCRS leaders update Trieste conference on ESCRS initiatives.

Affiliation in the name of collaboration: The tight partnership between the ESCRS and their national counterparts has always been a key value for the development of a greater scientific network on a continental scale...

Author: Timothy Norris

Extending Depth of Satisfaction

The ESCRS Eye Journal Club discuss a new study reviewing the causes and management of dissatisfaction after implantation of an EDOF IOL.

The ESCRS Eye Journal Club held a webinar hosted by Artemis Matsou MD, Alfredo Borgia MD, and Victoria Till MD to discuss the paper “Dissatisfaction after implantation of EDOF intraocular lenses,” published in the May 2025...

Author: Roibeard O’hEineachain

Conventional Versus Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery

Evidence favours conventional technique in most cases.

Taking into consideration effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and versatility, Joaquín Fernández MD, PhD highlighted reasons surgeons may prefer conventional cataract surgery, but he emphasised that he does not rely on it exclusively...

Author: Cheryl Guttman Krader

AI Scribing and Telephone Management

Automating note-taking and call centres could boost practice efficiency.

“The days of ‘press one for scheduling, press two for billing’ are over.” Or soon may be, according to an AI avatar created by Robert T Chang MD...

Author: Howard Larkin

AI Analysis and the Cornea

A combination of better imaging and AI deep learning could significantly improve corneal imaging and diagnosis.

AI-driven widefield specular microscopy promises an unprecedented improvement in imaging for Fuchs’ corneal endothelial dystrophy (FCED), recent studies from Singapore suggest...

Author: Andrew Sweeney

Cooking a Feast for the Eyes

A cookbook to promote ocular health through thoughtful and traditional cuisine.

Nutrition can be the best ally for eye health without giving up flavour, culinary traditions, or the joy of cooking, according to Alessandro Mularoni MD...

Author: Laura Gaspari

Need to Know: Spherical Aberration

Part three of this series examines spherical aberration and its influence on higher-order aberrations.

Spherical aberration (SA) is a rotationally symmetrical aberration belonging to the fourth order, together with secondary astigmatism and quadrafoil. SA occurs secondary to the lens refracting...

Author: Soosan Jacob

Generating AI’s Potential

How generative AI impacts medicine, society, and the environment.

In healthcare—and more precisely, in the field of ophthalmology—the use of generative AI may bring some important benefits to everyday clinical practice. However, there is a flip side to consider...

Author: Timothy Norris

Long-Term Outcomes of EK for Failed Grafts

Research seeks evidence for guiding future management.

A retrospective study investigating the long-term outcomes of endothelial keratoplasty (EK) in eyes with a history of failed corneal transplantation confirmed graft survival time decreases after every subsequent graft and showed that eyes having failed multiple grafts retained good visual potential...

Author: Timothy Norris

The True Cost of Shingles Shots

Increasing access to vaccines that prevent ophthalmic shingles could save taxpayers money.

What is the true value of a vaccine: the initial cost or the expense of long-term treatment of the unvaccinated?

Author: Andrew Sweeney