Ophthalmology News

• How Can the US Improve Access to Eyeglasses? Expanding insurance coverage for eye services and standardizing pediatric vision screening requirements across the US are two steps that could help begin to solve the problem, researchers say.
  WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
• Hearing, Vision Loss Combo a Colossal Risk for Cognitive Decline Seniors with hearing or vision loss are at significant risk of cognitive decline, but the risk skyrockets in individuals with both.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Diabetic Retinopathy Risk, Severity Show Socioeconomic Links Low income and type of health insurance was associated with an increased prevalence of medical risk factors for diabetic retinopathy as well as the risk for vision-threatening disease.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Can Fecal Transplants Help Reverse Aging? New research provides 'tantalizing' evidence for the direct involvement of gut microbes in aging and the possibility of gut microbe-based anti-aging therapies.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Grit Your Teeth for a Lesser-Known Complication of Diabetes In addition to neuropathy, nephropathy, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease, tooth loss is a lesser-known potential complication of type 2 diabetes. A large meta-analysis quantifies the risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• What Are Common Misconceptions About Nurses? Nurses nationwide recently expressed outrage after Bravo talk show host Andy Cohen commented about the attractiveness of a nurse-actress on his show. Do you confront misconceptions about your role?
  Medscape Reader Polls, May 10, 2022
• ARVO 2022 White People Receive More Macular Degeneration Treatment Non-Hispanic White people get more treatments for wet macular degeneration treatment than people of other races and ethnicities.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Administrative Hassle Hacks: Strategies to Curb Physician Stress There's no doubt work life is stressful for physicians, but experts speaking at the American Telemedicine Association conference say there are high- and low-tech solutions.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• ARVO 2022 Medicare Pays Women in Ophthalmology Half What it Pays Men Medicare pays male ophthalmologists almost $200,000 for every $100,000 it pays female ophthalmologists.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Multi-State Opioid Crackdown Nets Indictment Against 7 Physicians Individuals across six states were charged with the illegal distribution of more than 115 million opioid pills, according to officials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• ARVO 2022 Citrus Spray as Antiseptic before Intravitreal Injections? An antimicrobial citrus extract spray could help prevent endophthalmitis before intravitreal injections.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Doc Pay Up; Patient Demand, Labor Market Cause Struggles: Report The spike in inflation, patient demand, and a tight labor market contribute to physician practices' woes, according to a new market report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• ARVO 2022 Contrast-Reducing Spectacles Could Slow Myopia Spectacles that reduce retinal contrast could slow the progression of myopia.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Alert FDA Approves New Drug for Wilson's Disease Trientine tetrahydrochloride (Cuvrior) is approved to treat adults with stable Wilson's disease who are decoppered and tolerant to penicillamine.
  FDA Approvals, May 03, 2022
• Nurses, Med Staff Voice Their Heartache About Nurse Suicide Second suicide this year of male nurse from a Northern California hospital inspired compassion on social media and calls for more mental health initiatives.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• ARVO 2022 Radiation Retinopathy: Treat-and-Extend Promising A treat-and-extend regimen of intravitreal aflibercept shows promise for stabilizing visual acuity in radiation retinopathy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• Some Good News: Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor Becomes MD Need a break from the negative headlines? We've got you covered with these feel-good stories.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022