This is a great example of interdisciplinarity! Thirty-nine chapters and 422 pages of knowledge and expertise from authors across the globe. This is our gift to cricket science and medicine. Let's keep our cricketers healthy and thriving!

Our new book recently published covering injuries, lumbar stress fractures and all other Sports Science Sports Medicine in our great sport of Cricket link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

First talk done in Darwin. I spoke at the Schwind Laser User Meeting on one of my favourite subjects: customising laser vision correction for unusual eyes. Something new for this year is Foresight software, which allows us to simulate outcomes with different laser treatment plans. #lasereyesurgery

@ichatanu.bsky.social hello. You should post something! 😉

This poor car is just trying to live its best life in peace.

Improvement in short-sightedness (myopia) from -3.25D to -2.50D translates to going from very blurred distance vision to very blurred distance vision; still nowhere near able to drive without correction.

This young man dreamed of serving his country, but severe #astigmatism with intolerance of glasses & contacts held him back. He had #LASIK & now proudly wears the uniform. #Lasereyesurgery doesn't just improve sight, it transforms lives.
If your vision is holding you back, let's talk.

Lest We Forget. This Anzac Day, I remember and honour my great-grandfather, Brigadier Edward Thomas “Eddie” Harnett, and his son, my great-uncle Flight Sergeant Terence “Terry” Harnett, whose service spanned both world wars. #AnzacDay #LestWeForget

🚁She used to see air traffic second. 👩‍✈️Laser vision correction improved how she flies. Lauren is a commercial helicopter pilot who wore glasses for high astigmatism. See her story. #lasereyesurgery #LASIK #vision #eyes #SmartSight #laservisioncorrection

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

📘 What can an elite cricketer teach eye surgeons? While reviewing “Tested” by Pat Cummins for the AAO, I didn’t expect to revisit so many pearls of wisdom that are directly applicable to improving clinical practice. It’s a quiet masterclass in performing under pressure & recovering from failure.

Another perfect example of how putting RFK Jr in charge of the DHHS is catastrophically stupid. This decision to sack Dr Pohlhaus and weaken regulations will put Americans at higher risk of severe eye infections.

A huge loss at FDA. Peter Marks originated rhe Operation Warp Speed Covid vaccine idea and has overseen so many essential biotech programs such as genome editing cures www.wsj.com/politics/top...

CDC ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging. “The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” a spokesperson said, echoing a line from a recent editorial RFK Jr. wrote

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Just one of the most compelling reasons for a government to fund medical research is that it very frequently creates economic gains. You also don't make a population healthier by cancelling medical research. Totally backwards.

As an ophthalmologist who sees #shingles affecting the #eye on a regular basis, this NIH grant cancellation is a terrible decision that will inevitably interfere with producing better clinical outcomes. RFK Jr is an anti-vax conspiracy theorist. #MedSky www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I maintain that the best emails are citation alerts. They don’t require any action. They show that other people are using your research and building on it. This particular alert refers to a subject of great interest: how do we make cataract surgery as comfortable and relaxing as possible?

Where do you think Embase and Ovid MEDLINE and MEDLINE EBSCO and Scopus and Web of Science are getting their MEDLINE records from? Could it possibly be MEDLINE?

Is this where we say Google Scholar isn’t coming to save you? #medlibs

It is true. Global vandalism on an epic scale.

You can freely access all PubMed records at Europepmc.org - I just checked and it's up and running.

The vulnerability of PubMed under RFK Jnr has been a serious concern of mine for some time. The head of DHHS is an antivax conspiracy theorist; it follows that he disagrees with a lot of published medical science, and he has significant control over access. It’s a global problem now. #MedSky

Did you know that if you drink alcohol it gets into the tears and also messes with the ocular surface? Oral Alcohol Administration Disturbs Tear Film and Ocular Surface - Ophthalmology www.aaojournal.org/article/S016...

I created my CPD plan for the year in January, and then realised that I’d already done 30% of the yearly requirement. Had to double check it. Medicolegal reports and peer review of journal articles add up quickly…

The best part of my day was seeing 15yo Caoimhe Bray hit a paddle scoop for four in the NSW v SA WNCL. The bowler, Megan Schutt, is ranked #3 by the ICC for ODI’s. Amazing young talent.

This is a real example of where research disinformation completely dwarfs research communication on social media.

I feel like when you write “Twitter’s descent” @altmetric.com, it should be followed by “into hell”. Harsh? Harsh but fair? This graph definitely doesn’t incorporate the toxicity of X.

Mentions of scientific papers on Bluesky already at one third of those at Twitter, sometimes up to 50%.

American chaos: standing up for health and medicine - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Good study on Femto-CAIRS for #keratoconus Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Graft Preparation and Implantation of Corneal Allogeneic Intrastromal Ring Segments for Corneal Ectasia: 1-Year Results journals.lww.com/corneajrnl/a... @corneajournal.bsky.social

Interesting study re #keratoconus Bowman Layer Transplantation With Stromal Inclusion Using Femtosecond Laser: 3-Year Results journals.lww.com/corneajrnl/a... @corneajournal.bsky.social

On the migration of the scientific community to Bluesky: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists @anzca.bsky.social has announced it is dumping X in favour of @bsky.app Do give them a follow www.anzca.edu.au/news/anzca-a...

Interestingly not all mentions we’ve found are from Oct onwards. Many users are extracting their Twitter archive and reloading their old posts here. Bsky preserves the original date as well as the date it was loaded. Altmetric records the original date. The oldest post is from 2007! 3/4

Wow. This is quite impressive.

Mfw I see a funny looking crab

Happy to share that I was a Silver Reviewer for the Journal of Refractive Surgery last year, for “quantity, quality & timeliness of reviews for the journal”. JRS is definitely a top journal in my field, & it’s great to contribute to it. I was really happy to be allocated some top papers to review.

Very interesting case report describing succesful dual chromophore treatment of severe Acanthamoeba keratitis (riboflavin and rose bengal), by Prof Farhad Hafezi et al. This eye failed standard treatment for 10 months. #cornea link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Here's an article about our work with professional cricketers screening for eye disease, and also a great story about laser vision correction in one of the players. mivision.com.au/2024/10/eyes... #cricket #vision #eyes

Here’s a story about visual performance in #cricket: a grade cricketer who had #LASIK for high #astigmatism 2 years ago. He had excellent #vision with glasses (6/4 in each eye), and couldn’t tolerate contacts at all. 1/

Highlights of my CPD year: Wrote a book chapter on PRK & CXL for #keratoconus Wrote a book chapter on visual performance & eye disease in cricket Published a scientific review on UV eye disease and myopia Audit of SmartSight laser vision correction results Presented on wavefront-guided PRK / CXL 1/

Correct office protocol if you are a doctor working during the #BoxingDayTest - have the cricket on the waiting room TV. #AUSvIND

Wow. Konstas is already in an elite group: one of only 7 Test batters to hit Bumrah for six. Also, Bumrah had bowled over 747 Test overs without conceeding a six, until today. Just incredible from a teenager on debut. www.sportingnews.com/au/cricket/n.... #AUSvIND

I don't remember commentators being so excited about a cricketer on debut as with Sam Konstas. A teenage sensation successfully taking on the top rated Test bowler in the world. Incredible stuff. What a series. #AUSvIND

Another lovely gift from a lovely patient was this amazing bin chicken tote bag that she made herself. It’s a very, very Sydney image and I’m very honoured to receive it.

An unexpected but lovely gift from a happy post-op cataract patient. He and his wife grow a lot of their own produce. My Dad was a small country town GP & this was normal. Didn’t expect it in the city though. It will definitely get used.

Met a lovely woman in her 70’s at a party. Of course the conversation turns to kaleidoscopes. When I show her this video, she grabs the phone & shows someone, saying “if you want to know what’s it’s like to drop acid, it’s this!”

I need a word for "mudita" or "vicarious joy" that incorporates when you have been involved in the outcome and therefore it's not selfless / unselfish / altruistic. It's a different type of satisfaction when it's due to your own work. Still a great emotion. Thoughts @drjuliabaird.bsky.social?

I ran into a former patient socially, who had #LASIK four years ago. I was really happy to hear that she remains ecstatic with the result of her surgery. She said that it was the best decision that she'd ever made and that she wished she had done it sooner. 1/ #lasereyesurgery