Ophthalmology News

• AAO 2022 Study Links Poor Physical Fitness to Children's Eye Allergies Children who were less physically fit and lived in urban settings are more vulnerable to ocular allergies.
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2022
• AAO 2022 Combined Glaucoma + Cataract Surgery as Effective as Separate A national registry study of 153,000 eyes found that glaucoma surgery done during cataract procedures had lower failure rates than doing two separate operations.
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2022
• AAO 2022 With Approval Pending, Pegcetacoplan Phase 3 Results Mixed With an FDA action date set, investigative complement inhibitor pegcetacoplan showed a signal for improving visual function in geographic atrophy but also a risk for conversion to wet AMD.
  Medscape Medical News, October 03, 2022
• Why Private Practice Will Always Survive Although the majority of physicians are employed, many doctors are leaving employment to start a private practice. Seven physicians talk about why they chose private practice over employment.
  Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2022
• Poll: Do Doctors Come to Work Sick? Whereas physicians coming to work sick was fairly common in the past, has the COVID pandemic changed the culture of coming to work while feeling ill?
  Medscape Reader Polls, September 28, 2022
• Reusable Contact Lenses Increase Risk of Rare Eye Infection: Study People who wear reusable contact lenses are about four times more likely to get the sight-threatening eye infection acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) than people who wear daily disposable lenses. RELATED ARTICLES:
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2022
• Does Your Gender Matter? Why Some Patients Prefer a Same-Sex Doctor When patients prefer a physician’s gender, it’s likely chalked up to a same-sex preference, a personal reason, religious or comfort reasons, and accommodating that preference may help patients seek care. When the reason is gender discrimination, however, physicians must stand up for one another.
  Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2022
• EASD 2022 Another Study Shows Fenofibrate Benefit on Diabetic Retinopathy While a Korean study shows reduction in diabetic retinopathy progression by 11% with fenofibrate plus statin compared with statin alone, some reservations remain over wider use.
  Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2022
• Getting Friendly With Patients? Be Wary of Risks It’s always been common for your friends to also become your patients, but many times it’s the other way; patients grow to become your friends. Does this create problems?
  Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2022
• Type 1 Diabetes Complication Risk Rises With A1c, Duration Study following people for over 30 years from the time of type 1 diabetes diagnosis finds increasing risk of complications with A1c levels above a certain threshold, increasing duration of disease.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2022
• How Burdensome Are Prior Authorizations for Your Practice? Health plans often require doctors to obtain prior authorization before they will pay for medical services, procedures, or medications. What has your experience been?
  Medscape Reader Polls, September 20, 2022
• EASD 2022 Eat More Dairy, Less Red Meat to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Not all animal foods are alike when it comes to their association with type 2 diabetes risk, shows a large new review. The devil is in the details.
  Medscape Medical News, September 20, 2022
• Private Equity Sees the Billions in Eye Care "The private equity model is a model that focuses on profitability, and we know they are not selecting practices randomly."
  Kaiser Health News, September 19, 2022
• National Awareness Day Shines Light on Physician Burnout, Suicide Physician burnout remains high, according to new data, but initiatives aim to reduce emotional distress, destigmatize mental health treatment, and prevent suicide.
  Medscape Medical News, September 15, 2022
• Visual Perception Test Distinguishes AD From Lewy Body Dementia The easily administered Fragmented Letters Test can accurately identify whether mild to moderate dementia is associated with Lewy body disease or Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, September 13, 2022
• ICS 2022 Filgotinib Reduces Flare Risk in Uveitis in Phase 2 Study Phase 2 data on filgotinib show a reduction in risk of flare in patients with uveitis and good tolerance in one of the first studies of a JAK inhibitor in uveitis.
  MDedge News, September 13, 2022
• Why PAs Want to Make Their Work Expansions Permanent During the COVID pandemic, the scope of practice of physician assistants (PAs) expanded; PAs want those expansions to be permanent, but some physicians feel differently.
  Medscape Medical News, September 09, 2022
• PAs Size Up the Certificate of Added Qualifications Credential Medscape polled physician assistant readers about their perceptions of the certificate of added qualifications (CAQ) credential. Do they have one? Are they planning to get one, or do they question whether the time and expense are justified? Here's what your colleagues are saying.
  Medscape Medical News, September 09, 2022
• More DOs Join Physician Ranks as Osteopathic Pipeline Heats Up The field of osteopathy is growing, and so is respect for what it can offer healthcare.
  Medscape Medical News, September 08, 2022
• Alert FDA Approves Botox Challenger Daxxify for Frown Lines DaxibotulinumtoxinA-lanm is the first and only peptide-formulated neuromodulator to reduce frown lines, with results lasting longer than conventional neuromodulators, according to the manufacturer.
  Medscape Medical News, September 08, 2022