👁️🔬 The July NIHR UK Uveitis Clinical Study Group newsletter ⬇️ Our mission: to enable every eligible patient to participate in ocular inflammation trials and studies across the UK and Ireland. www.uveitisstudygroup.org #Uveitis #Ophthalmology #ClinicalTrials #EyeResearch #NIHR

A real pleasure to have supported my former i SAMP medical student Timothy, who started as a doctor this week. His excellent work included an audit of axial SpA screening in our #uveitis clinic and research into the neuro-ophthalmic complications of Behçet’s disease at our National Behçet’s Centre

Seen at Aintree @nhsuhlg.bsky.social “I wish I could show you… the astonishing light of your own being.” A modern rendering inspired by Hafez, Iran’s great 14th-century poet, and a beautiful reminder that healthcare is not only about treating illness, but restoring dignity, hope and light. #NHS

A white coat, convincing face and algorithm are not medical credentials... AI-generated "doctors" are gaining millions of TikTok views while spreading cancer myths, miracle cures and even promoting nonexistent medicines. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’

Research shows AI-generated physicians are gaining millions of views on TikTok by spreading dubious health advice

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A lesson from #ISU2026: progress in #uveitis does not happen in silos. Countries see different disease patterns, and no single specialty owns ocular inflammation. Constructive disagreement is where collaboration begins. Some reflections: www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...

#uveitis #isu2026 #genetics #immunology #ai #therapeutics #whitedotsyndromes #vasculitis #microbiome #oncology #ophthalmology | Nima Ghadiri

From nuclein to new definitions: lessons from Tübingen about the future of #uveitis 🧬👁️:- In 1869, in a laboratory within Tübingen Castle, Friedrich Miescher isolated a previously unknown substance f...

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A glimpse of the state of play in endophthalmitis diagnostics from Dr Koh-Hei Sonoda: a rapid multiplex kit detecting eight common bacterial pathogens alongside key resistance markers, including mecA, vanA and gyrA mutations, plus broad bacterial and fungal targets.

Persistent ocular hypertensive viral anterior uveitis (POH-VAU), an emerging disease linked to aquatic-origin covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV), is now featuring in our international ocular inflammation meetings 🦐👁️ #ISU2026 #Uveitis

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🚨 HEALTH ALERT: Do you prep raw seafood at home? A newly reported eye condition, POH-VAU, has been linked to CMNV, a virus found in aquatic animals including shrimp/fish which has jumped to humans This is a treatment-resistant eye disease leading to vision loss, & 70 cases have been identified.

Hot 🔥take from Dr Xiaoli Liu st #IUSG2026 in Tübingen: in a mouse EAU model, high-dose capsaicin worsened uveitis via the eye-gut axis: microbiome, barrier integrity & inflammation. For patients asking about autoimmune diets - easy on the spicy curries...?🌶️👁️ #Uveitis #GutEyeAxis

Last week’s Joint Uveitis NW Meeting at the Whitworth Art Gallery brought Liverpool & Manchester together beneath the waves, rain and landscapes of Hokusai and Hiroshige. #Uveitis, like art, is about layers, pattern recognition and seeing what lies beneath... www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...

#electrodiagnostics #inflammation #uveitis | Nima Ghadiri

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝: 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 🌊🎨 Last week, the Uveitis communities of Liverpool and Manchester converged once again The Whitworth Gallery for our J...

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A fascinating and clever horror premise: upcoming game Farsight turns the routine eye exam, and the uncanny autorefractor landscape, into a first-person psychological nightmare of liminal fields, hot air balloons and hidden truths seen through a camera lens.... 👁️🎈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnyd...

Farsight - Official Reveal Trailer | The Horror Game Awards Showcase 2026

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Exciting opportunity for a Rheumatologist to join our team at the National Behçet’s Centre of Excellence in Liverpool! www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Merse...

4th July Firework Safety for friends in the US Fireworks are dangerous, and the numbr of people being killed or injured is increasing year-on-year. www.aao.org/eye-health/f...

The first CHOIR Community webinar takes place tonight at 7pm BST 🎉 This is a new space for children, young people & families affected by rare childhood-onset inflammatory eye conditions. Register: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi... choir-lab.com #CHOIR #Uveitis #Ophthalmology @lolaeyedoc.bsky.social

Tomorrow, uveitis meets the easel yet again in Manchester🎨👁️ Looking forward to the Joint Manchester–Liverpool #Uveitis Meeting at the @WhitworthArt Gallery, where we’ll brush up (😉) on imaging, frame tricky cases, and keep inflammation firmly in perspective.

Time to retire “White Dot Syndromes”. Modern multimodal imaging shows these are distinct inflammatory chorioretinal diseases - with different biology, prognosis & treatment. Precision in language = precision in care. #Uveitis #WhiteDotSyndromes #Retina #MUV @uveitissociety.bsky.social

Northwich 10K completed in a month of 10k events. The beard may be greying, but I’m grateful to feel fitter & stronger. This was a great race, in support of The Joshua Tree, which provides tailored emotional, wellbeing & practical support for families affected by childhood cancers. #Running

Even in today’s high temperatures, our uveitis patients still made it to clinic 🏆 Grateful to our patients and clinic teams working through the heat.

"My dataset." "My patients." "My field." "My idea." "My precious." - The Gollum Effect in academia... Have you encountered this...? Hoarding opportunities isn’t mentorship, and gatekeeping isn’t excellence. Science moves faster, and becomes fairer, when we open doors rather than guard them....

Sorcerer's berries to the rescue? Low‑dose atropine is licensed in the UK to slow childhood myopia, whilst trials are taking place in the US 🎉 Potentially a big moment for paediatric eye care... #MyopiaManagement #PaediatricOphthalmology #Optometry #Orthoptics

The eye is not an isolated organ - it's a window into systemic health and a meeting point for #oralmedicine, #infectiousdiseases, #immunology, #sexualhealth, #neurology, #rheumatology and many other specialities. This year I had a busy 4-day conference journey.. www.linkedin.com/posts/nimagh...

#bisom #oralmedicine #behçet #sarcoidosis #pemphigoid #bhiva #bashh #infectiousdiseases #immunology #sexualhealth #neurology #medicine #bsr #uveitis #axialspa #rheumatology #ophthalmology #sharedcare…...

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐲𝐞-𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐱𝐢𝐬: The eye isn’t an isolated organ - it’s a profound window into systemic health and a crossroads where multiple medical specialties meet. As ophthalmic physicians, we ha...

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“People with dementia may not always recognise when they need a drink or wear suitable clothing, which can increase the risk of dehydration and heat-related illness” ...

Hot weather warning for those living with dementia in the East Midlands

High temperatures can pose serious risks for people living with dementia if they are not supported to stay cool and hydrated.

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Ran the 10K Epsom & Ewell Race for Life today in support of @cancerresearchuk.org Proud to support the science, the patients, the families, and the teams working towards the next generation of cancer treatments. Thank you to all the volunteers and supporters 🫂 #RaceForLife #CancerResearchUK

Congrats to our fellow Anu for winning the BOPSS #ThyroidEyeDisease Charity Prize 🏆 Her presentation evaluated our MDT, pharmacist-supported immunosuppression clinic for TED, showing how structured long-term monitoring can support safe, cost-effective care for patients with orbital inflammation.

This board at the Clinical Eye Research Centre, St Paul’s Eye Unit, Liverpool, tells a powerful story: years of teamwork, patient participation and research growth. From medical retina and cornea to uveitis, ocular oncology and much more, each trial and registry represents hope, access and progress

Who else accidentally writes Cloverfield instead of clover-leaf for field defects in patient notes... 😢 Just to highlight for myself more than others: A clover-leaf visual field implies questionable reliability. A Cloverfield visual field means the patient saw a giant monster.

These boards tell St Paul’s Eye Unit’s story: a proud lineage of consultants & professors, and a simple purpose that still drives us - helping patients leave seeing better than when they arrived. Legacy, teamwork and sight-saving research in one corridor.

Interesting signal from #ENDO2026: GLP-1 users on antihypertensives had more hypotensive events, esp older/T2D. If replicated, BP dips/nocturnal hypotension → optic nerve head hypoperfusion could be one plausible mechanism linking GLP-1s with NAION. www.healio.com/news/endocri...

GLP-1s linked to elevated rates of hypotensive events

CHICAGO — In patients being treated for hypertension, those taking a GLP-1 receptor agonist had higher rates of hypotensive events compared with those not taking one, researchers reported at ENDO 2026...

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Exciting early news for lupus: patients now in remission after a one-off treatment that effectively "re-trains" their own immune cells It’s a small #NHS trial and still early days, but this could be a major step towards treatment for all autoimmune diseases... www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Lupus patients in England in remission after pioneering NHS trial of GM therapy

Doctors say therapy that genetically modifies person’s T-cells could offer cure for chronic autoimmune disease

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Collaborating with colleagues in Europe in order to get better outcomes for all of our patients 🤞🏻 🇪🇺 #Uveitis

First and foremost, thoughts with Dr Kumar as no one should have to go through what he has. Secondly, this isn't right on any level. How is a consultant psychiatrist signing this off? How is a patient not seen and assessed before a decision like this is made? This needs to be a national priority