(MedPage Today) — FDA targets 14 companies illegally selling anti-cancer drugs
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Anti-VEGF Therapy Improved Diabetic Retinopathy in DME (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Study compared three available agents
The Flying Eye Hospital: OphthalmologyTimes
(MedPage Today) — Also, tricks for limiting staff turnover
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) — This week’s topics include the dangers of short term corticosteroids, troponin assay for assessing MI, azithromycin and arrhythmia, and eye screening intervals for people with diabetes
Retina Patterns to Recognize: Ophthalmology Times
(MedPage Today) — Also, where beaver dams and clinic flow collide
Is ‘Late Haze’ Really Fibrosis? OphthalmologyTimes
(MedPage Today) — Also, the key to tear osmolarity testing
Telemedicine Boosts Retinopathy Screening While Cutting Referrals (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — More than 20,000 individuals examined in Los Angeles
Make the Diagnosis: Complications of Diabetes
(MedPage Today) — Case Findings: A 65 year old female is referred to your practice for diabetes screening. She has not had an eye exam in 20 years. On examination, best-corrected visual acuities are 20/30- in the right eye vs. 20/40+ in the left eye. …
Diabetic Youth Don’t Get Screened for Eye Complication (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Guidelines for diabetic retinopathy not being followed
Make the Diagnosis: Ocular Abnormality
(MedPage Today) — Case Findings: An adult male patient presents to the emergency department 8 hours after ashes from the cigarette he was smoking flew into his eye. He has no loss of visual acuity and his fields of vision are both intact. However, exa…
AS: TNF Inhibitors Differ in Uveitis Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Adalimumab and infliximab have lowest risk
More Bevacizumab Shots for AMD May Up Risk of Glaucoma
(MedPage Today) — Repeated injections tied to increased ocular pressure, higher rates of surgery
Stem Cell Tx for AMD Proves Helpful and Harmful (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Retinal cell replacement in one patient; blindness in others
USPSTF: Preschoolers Need Vision Screening At Least Once (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — But jury still out on screening before age 3
Morning Break: ‘Roe’ Dies; Vaping Risk? Scientists vs Trump
(MedPage Today) — Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff
D.C. Week: Senate Confirms Price for HHS Job
(MedPage Today) — Also: VA nominee Shulkin poised for Monday confirmation
Slow Medicine: Eyeing the Evidence for Laser Surgery
(MedPage Today) — Scant data on this ubiquitous procedure
Morning Break: Tobacco Primer; Circadian Clock Reset; Stranded in Sudan
(MedPage Today) — Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff
Patient Reports, Eye Health Records Often Don’t Match (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Inconsistencies between self-report and EMR for visions problems
Wills Eye Hospital Studies Glaucoma App Price Sensitivity
(MedPage Today) — The result was somewhat surprising