Ophthalmology News

• Two Patients With Macular Degeneration Get Artificial Retinas Two patients in Lyon have been among the first people to receive an artificial retina implant as part of a multicenter clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of the PRIMA implant system.
  Medscape Medical News, January 21, 2022
• Higher Corticosteroid Dose Tied to HBV Reactivation in People With Resolved Infection In people with resolved hepatitis B virus infection, exposure to higher doses of corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of HBV reactivation and hepatitis flare, according to researchers in China.
  Reuters Health Information, January 20, 2022
• Physician Burnout, Depression Compounded by COVID: Survey Doctors were already struggling with burnout; the COVID-19 pandemic didn't help.
  Medscape Medical News, January 21, 2022
• Specialized Spectacles Slow Myopia During Lockdown Spectacles designed to slow the progression of myopia appear to work even during a COVID-19 lockdown.
  Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2022
• MedPAC Draws AMA Ire With Vote on 2023 Physician Pay An influential federal panel gave its okay to a mandated freeze on a base rate for Medicare clinician pay but sought to revisit this issue in the future.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2022
• Are These Wise Financial Investments for Docs in 2022? Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have risen in value and are gaining in popularity. But you should be aware of the cautions and warnings before moving ahead.
  Medscape Medical News, January 12, 2022
• Physicians React: Docs Lose Licenses for False COVID Information Doctors have strong feelings about possible repercussions for physicians who disseminate inaccurate information about COVID-19. Here's what they have to say.
  Medscape Medical News, January 12, 2022
• Amount of Missed Medical Care Decreased Amid Pandemic: Study Medicare enrollees attributed majority of forgone care to physician-related factors, but practices reported sharp drop in patient visits early in crisis.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2021
• New Insight Into Best Meds for Parkinson's Motor Fluctuations Although dopamine agonists and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (DRIs) may be effective in treating Parkinson's disease and motor fluctuations not controlled with levodopa, not all DRIs are equal.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2021
• COVID-Related Ocular Mucormycosis Shows High Mortality Rate More than one third of patients died from the fungal infection over the study period, and the cumulative probability of death increased over time.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2021
• Little Evidence to Support Use of Pricey Repository Corticotropin Repository corticotropin costs much more than corticosteroids, but shows little clinical benefit over them, results of a scoping review suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, December 21, 2021
• The Year in Medicine 2021: News That Made a Difference The ongoing pandemic, approval of a controversial Alzheimer's drug, and a JAMA podcast on racism are among the topics that made headlines this year.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 22, 2021
• Ophthalmologist Who Developed Medical Botox Dies at 89 He found the drug, once a poison and a weapon, to be effective for treatment of obscure eye diseases before it became the blockbuster fix for wrinkles and treating excessive perspiration.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2021
• BMJ Slams 'Incompetent' Facebook Fact-Check of Vaccine Article The journal's editors "raise serious concerns" about the social media giant's fact- checking of piece on Pfizer vaccine trial; call for immediate correction.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2021
• Physicians of the Year 2021: Best and Worst Physicians and other healthcare workers continued to fight COVID-19 and tackled other pertinent issues in medicine including racism, mental illness, and gender bias. However, with the good comes the bad.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 17, 2021
• Some Filler Complications on the Rise Findings are from an analysis of medical device–related adverse event reports from the FDA's Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience MAUDE database.
  Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2021
• Pandemic Relief Spurs National Health Spending to Record Level 2020 "like no other year" in the history of national expenditure, notes report author, given COVID-19 response.
  Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2021
• Califf Plans Work on Opioids, Accelerated Approvals on Return to FDA In emphasizing the need for continued efforts to address risks of painkillers, Biden's FDA nominee cites his relatives' experience in getting 30-day opioid prescriptions after minor surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2021
• Medicare Insulin Negotiations Seen Saving $17 Billion Democrats seek to bolster the chances of a law passing that addressing drug prices with a new report, which quotes a Novo Nordisk employee as saying 'all I want for Christmas' is an insulin price hike.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2021
• Cataract Surgery Seen Protective Against Dementia A new study found that patients who underwent cataract surgery appeared to gain significant protection against dementia over time.
  Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2021