Ophthalmology Perspective

• Medscape Young Physician Compensation Report 2023 Doctors younger than 40 years enjoyed healthy pay increases on average in 2022. They reveal how salary gains affected their job satisfaction as well as the gender pay gap.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 26, 2023
• Healthcare Workers More Likely to Die by Suicide   Who has the highest suicide rate among all healthcare provider types? A new study answers this question.
  Medscape, September 26, 2023
• COVID, Flu, RSV: How the Tripledemic Impacts Your Practice   This fall's ‘tripledemic’ is already filling offices with COVID-19, flu and RSV patients. Renowned expert Dr. Eric Topol discusses the vaccine landscape to help you tackle your patients' questions.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 21, 2023
• Love and Sex in the Nursing Home? Ethicist Says, 'Why Not?'   Art Caplan, PhD, discusses when to intervene and when to stay out of it regarding sexual relationships in a nursing home.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, September 21, 2023
• Infographic: Residents' Bank Accounts Fatten After Lean Years Medical residents report on their average compensation, what they earn at different stages of residency, how much pay they think they deserve, and how much student loan debt they carry.
  Medscape, September 21, 2023
• Italy's Resilience Plan for Healthcare Is Falling Apart A plan intended to bolster Italy's healthcare system immediately attracted critics and is now the target of funding cuts.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 21, 2023
• Reignite Professional Passion Through Lifestyle Medicine In this age of ubiquitous burnout in the health professions, lifestyle medicine fosters clinician healing.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 20, 2023
• Laboratory Testing: No Doctor Required?   This week, Dr F. Perry Wilson reveals some of the downstream consequences of the recent explosion in direct-to-consumer lab testing.
  Medscape, September 19, 2023
• Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The Advent of Anti-VEGF Agents   Thomas Ciulla, MD, discusses the clinical transition from therapeutically limited laser-based therapies to the introduction of anti-VEGF drugs.
  Medscape, September 18, 2023
• Patients Newly Diagnosed With Exudative Macular Degeneration   Vaidehi Dedania, MD, describes lessons learned in discussing expectations with patients who are newly diagnosed with exudative macular degeneration.
  Medscape, September 18, 2023
• Exudative Macular Degeneration: Patient's Goals Shape Care   Vaidehi Dedania, MD, describes how an encounter with a patient with exudative age-related macular degeneration shaped her treatment approach.
  Medscape, September 18, 2023
• The Evolving Treatment Landscape of Diabetic Macular Edema   SriniVas Sadda, MD, recalls an encounter with a patient with diabetic macular edema and wonders how the patient would have fared differently today with new technologies.
  Medscape, September 18, 2023
• Addressing Disparities and Patient Burdens in Diabetic Macular Edema   Sunir Garg, MD, addresses disparities and patient burdens in diabetic macular edema, which affects proper eye care.
  Medscape, September 18, 2023
• DME: Charting the Changing Landscape in Treatment Options   Sunir Garg, MD, discusses the evolution of treatment options for patients with diabetic macular edema.
  Medscape, September 18, 2023
• Medscape Resident Salary & Debt Report 2023 Medical residents weigh in on their compensation and its fairness, work benefits, school debt load, work weeks, and other aspects of their training lives.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 13, 2023
• 25 Once-in-a-Lifetime Bucket List Vacations Many are deciding that now's the time to visit some far-off amazing places for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We offer some options to help you choose your dream vacation.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 13, 2023
• Bad Blood: Could Brain Bleeds Be Contagious?   Dr F. Perry Wilson reviews a study suggesting that what we thought was a purely random disease might actually be an infectious one.
  Medscape, September 12, 2023
• Infographic: What Drives Students to Enter Medical School? Medical students reveal the chief reasons why they entered medical school and their specialty, and they discuss the burden of school loans they will carry into a career as a physician.
  Medscape, September 12, 2023
• Should People Who Play Sports Pay Higher Medical Premiums?   Some suggest that if people engage in sports and get injured, they should pay more for health insurance. Bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, disagrees.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, September 11, 2023
• Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine   A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.
  Medscape, September 07, 2023