(MedPage Today) — Ophthalmologist Stanley Burns boasts the most extensive private collection of medical photographs in the country, housed in a 19th century Manhattan brownstone that doubles as a home and archive.
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A Glass Eye Walks Into a Bar: That’s Improbable!
(MedPage Today) — A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research.
FDA Green Lights Eylea for DME
(MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved the vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor aflibercept (Eylea) for diabetic macular edema, drugmaker Regeneron announced.
Top-Ranked Hospitals Sing Own Praises
(MedPage Today) — Hospitals named in the annual U.S. News & World Report “best” list say the rankings are meaningful, even though others aren’t so sure.
Buck(shot) Naked Is Safer? That’s Improbable!
(MedPage Today) — A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research.
Don’t Neglect Cataracts in Dementia Patients
COPENHAGEN (MedPage Today) — Cataract treatment for people with Alzheimer’s disease improves quality of life and should not be dismissed as “wasted therapy” for people with dementias, researchers said here.
Morning Break: Smart Lenses, ‘I’m Not Dead!’
(MedPage Today) — Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.
Eye Scans May Reveal Amyloid Plaque Burdens
COPENHAGEN (MedPage Today) — Amyloid plaque burden in the brain may be estimated indirectly via retinal or ocular lens imaging techniques, which would be easier than the expensive PET scans now available, researchers said here.
Dead Bounceback and Don’t BARF: The FOAMed Report
(MedPage Today) — A regular update of emergency department must-reads from Free Open Access Meducation (FOAMed). Here are seven recent items.
What’s the Diagnosis? Surfer’s Foot and Unhappy Girlfriend
(MedPage Today) — Take some of our quizzes to see how your diagnostic skills measure up to those of our other readers.
FDA OKs Implant for Diabetic Eye Disease
(MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved an intravitreal steroid implant for diabetic macular edema patients who already have a lens implant or who are going to have cataract surgery.
Heart Risk Higher in Sjogren’s Patients
PARIS (MedPage Today) — Patients with Sjogren’s syndrome had more than double the heart attack risk seen in the general population, a researcher reported here.
The Week Ahead: AACE, AUA, ATS, and a Peek at ASCO
(MedPage Today) — More May meeting madness this week with endocrinologists, urologists, and pulmonologists kicking off annual gatherings, while the American Society of Clinical Oncology lifts embargoes on thousands of studies 2 weeks ahead of the ASCO…
Drug Passes First Trial — After Wide Use
(MedPage Today) — A drug widely used for a rare neurological condition that mainly affects overweight women — pseudotumor cerebri — has successfully passed its first randomized trial, researchers reported.
Morning Break: Sebelius’s Replacement, Online Doc Visits
(MedPage Today) — Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.
On Doc Pay Release: ‘You Cannot Call a Plumber for $57’
(MedPage Today) — MedPage Today reached out to several physician leaders for their thoughts on the release of physician payment data from CMS, including Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD, a past president of the AMA.
White Boys More Likely to Be Color Blind
(MedPage Today) — Color blindness is not colorblind, as it appears to afflict Caucasian boys at three times the rate of African-American boys, according to a new study.
Endo Type: Who Really Has Non-24?
(MedPage Today) — The ad is stirring. There’s no background music, no catchy jingle. Just a deep baritone voice: “You can’t see me because of radio, and I can’t see you because I’m totally blind.?
Morning Break: Doc Pay Gap Shrinks, Burnout Cure
(MedPage Today) — Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.
Vibrostimulation for Olympic Victory: That’s Improbable!
(MedPage Today) — A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research.