Ophthalmology News

• Off-Road Screening Tests Can Identify Impaired Driving Among Older Adults Off-road driver screening tests can reliably identify older adults who are likely to fail on-road driving tests, an Australian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 07, 2020
• OCT Angiography Demonstrates Retinal Involvement in Amblyopia Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) could play a role in diagnosing and understanding the pathogenesis of amblyopia, researchers in Hong Kong report.
  Reuters Health Information, July 02, 2020
• AMA Pleads for Federal Help With PPE to Reopen Physician Practices Letters from the AMA to VP Pence and FEMA note physician offices need safety equipment to reopen; hospitals have edge in getting supplies because they're bigger.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2020
• Retinopathy Risk Increased in T2DM After Cataract Surgery People with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop diabetic retinopathy after cataract surgery, according a new population-based study.
  Reuters Health Information, June 29, 2020
• Would You Be Happier in a Leadership Position? This Doc Wasn't Leaving clinical care for an administrative role sounds appealing to many physicians, but it's not for everyone. How can you tell if it's right for you?
  Medscape Medical News, June 30, 2020
• Patients Prefer Pneumatic Retinopexy Over Vitrectomy as Retinal-Detachment Fix Compared with pars plana vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair, pneumatic retinopexy may provide superior vision-related quality of life, according to a post hoc analysis of trial data.
  Reuters Health Information, June 25, 2020
• Novartis, Former Unit to Pay $346 Million to Resolve US Bribery Charges Novartis AG and its former Alcon eye-care unit will pay more than $346 million to resolve U.S. criminal and civil charges that they bribed doctors, hospitals and clinics in Greece and Vietnam to prescribe their drugs and use their surgical products.
  Reuters Health Information, June 25, 2020
• Do We See Black Patients Differently? California state senator Richard Pan, MD, calls on colleagues to address long-standing medical racism. Even well-meaning physicians, he says, can contribute to ongoing problems in Black healthcare.
  Medscape Medical News, June 25, 2020
• US Claims Regeneron Paid Kickbacks Via Charity to Boost Expensive Drug The US Justice Department on Wednesday sued Regeneron, accusing it of using a charity that helps cover Medicare patients' drug costs as a means to pay kickbacks for using its expensive macular degeneration drug Eylea.
  Reuters Health Information, June 24, 2020
• ADA 2020DPPOS at 22 Years: 'Diabetes Prevention Is Possible' Long Term 'Even after 22 years, adults at a high risk for [type 2] diabetes have continued to benefit from metformin, or prior intensive lifestyle modification, in preventing or delaying' disease development.
  Medscape Medical News, June 24, 2020
• Many Physicians Live Within Their Means and Save, Survey Shows Mortgages and car loans are the most common sources of debt. A new Medscape report finds that 8% of physicians have a net worth of $5 million or more, but COVID-19 may take a financial toll on all.
  Medscape Medical News, June 24, 2020
• Injured and Uninsured, Protesters Get Medical Aid From LA Doctor Dr Amir Moarefi treats injured protesters, especially those without health insurance. It's his mode of protest against racial injustice and a system that he said doesn't treat people of color equally.
  Kaiser Health News, June 23, 2020
• Don't Forget the Fomites as Face-to-Face Care Ramps Up Not all COVID-19 transmission is respiratory; a detailed hospital investigation showed that shared equipment can also be a source of infection.
  Medscape Medical News, June 19, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves Video Game-Based Therapy for Kids With ADHD The FDA granted marketing authorization for a digital game-based therapy that improves attention function in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  FDA Approvals, June 16, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves Added Safety Info for Brolucizumab (Beovu) Label The FDA approved the addition of safety information about the risk for retinal vasculitis and/or retinal vascular occlusion in patients receiving the drug.
  News Alerts, June 16, 2020
• Fighting COVID and Police Brutality, Med Teams Treat Protesters Off-duty medical professionals joined protests in Denver and elsewhere sparked by George Floyd's death to treat injured protesters, risking injury themselves.
  Kaiser Health News, June 11, 2020
• As Some Reopen, How Are You Changing Your Practice?
  Medscape, June 10, 2020
• Fauci Warns That Pandemic 'Isn't Over Yet' The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Tuesday that "we're still at the beginning of really understanding" and that more than one vaccine likely will be needed.
  WebMD Health News, June 10, 2020
• Will PCPs Get Higher Medicare Payment ― at Specialists' Expense? Increases in pay for primary care and similar specialties could be offset by cuts for many other specialties, whose representatives are trying to prevent that from happening.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2020
• EULAR 2020Study Tests a Simpler Low Disease Activity Measure for Lupus An alternative disease activity index for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus yields results similar to the Lupus Low Disease Activity State and may be easier to apply.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2020