Ophthalmology Perspective

• Should Healthcare Be a Right? Neurologist Allan Block notes that in the United States, healthcare isn't guaranteed, and questions whether it should it be -- even though food, water, and shelter are also not considered rights.
  MDedge, November 07, 2022
• Right and Wrong in Medicine: LIfe, Death, and Wrenching Choices Physicians reveal how they would respond to difficult decisions and scenarios involving medical care and personal treatment of patients, sharing both their insight and turmoil.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 02, 2022
• Medical Murderers: When Healers Become Killers Not all medical professionals are lifesavers. Some, unfortunately, are exactly the opposite.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 28, 2022
• Infographic: How Bad Physician Behavior Compares in US vs UK In separate reports, Medscape revealed the issue with poor physician behavior in the US and UK through the eyes of colleagues. Here's how results compare across the Atlantic.
  Medscape, October 28, 2022
• Ivermectin for COVID-19: Final Nail in the Coffin   Will this US randomized controlled trial convince ivermectin advocates that the drug is not a miracle cure for COVID-19?
  Medscape, October 25, 2022
• Physicians Behaving Badly: US vs UK Physicians in the US and UK reveal how often they see fellow doctors misbehaving in person or on social media, and recount some of the worst physician behavior they have witnessed.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 21, 2022
• Highlights in Corneal Disorders From AAO 2022   Key data in corneal disorders from AAO include a nontransplant therapy for Fuchs dystrophy, data on corneal adverse events from a myeloma drug, and positive data on lotilaner for Demodex blepharitis.
  Medscape, October 21, 2022
• Should People Be More Worried About Long COVID?   Eric Topol, MD, discusses how people should be thinking about long COVID when they consider their COVID risk.
  Medscape, October 20, 2022
• Infographic: Compensation Rises for Female Physicians Salary and bonus for female doctors rose nearly 9% on average last year. But a pay gap vs male physicians persists, and most women feel underpaid in the profession.
  Medscape, October 19, 2022
• Why the 5-Day Isolation Period for COVID Makes No Sense   Here's what's wrong with the CDC's arbitrary 5-day isolation period recommendation for COVID.
  Medscape, October 18, 2022
• Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2022 Average compensation rose more than 8% last year for female physicians in the United States, but they still face challenges in reaching salary and bonuses equitable with their male counterparts.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 14, 2022
• Key Data on Comorbidities in Type 2 Diabetes From EASD 2022   From EASD 2022, Dr Carol Wysham reports on advancing research for patients with type 2 diabetes and comorbidities, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular and renal disease.
  Medscape, October 14, 2022
• Vaccine Adherence Hinges on Improving Science Communication Physicians are missing the mark when encouraging vaccine use because they aren't offering definitive messages in public settings, simplifying their language, and leveraging baseline knowledge.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 14, 2022
• How We Create--Then Blame--A Viral Underclass   Stephen Thrasher discusses his new book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide.
  Medscape, October 13, 2022
• Posterior Capsule Rupture Dr Garg discusses posterior capsule rupture (PCR), one of the most common complications of cataract surgery.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, October 13, 2022
• Loan Forgiveness and Med School Debt: What About Me?   Bioethicist Art Caplan, PhD, talks about doctors who won't be getting loan forgiveness.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 12, 2022
• Ruminations on Healthcare Spending Neurologist Allan Block notes that in the past 3 years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services spent $18 billion on drugs "for which there's no proof of significant clinical benefit."
  MDedge, October 12, 2022
• Why People Lie About COVID   Dr F Perry Wilson reviews a study about the COVID-related untruths freely told during the pandemic.
  Medscape, October 11, 2022
• Gun Control: Physicians Speak Out 2022 Physicians reveal their priority for gun control among the country's top social issues and whether they think tougher laws are needed to address gun violence.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 07, 2022
• Medscape Residents Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2022 Residents discuss their social life, work-life balance, relationships, and mental health.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 07, 2022