Is the nation on the verge of a healthcare provider shortage, or are clinicians being phased out by algorithms? Medscape
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A Telescope For The Eye: New Contacts May Improve Sight For Macular Degeneration Patients
Contact lenses correct many people’s eyesight but do nothing to improve the blurry vision of those suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among older adults in the western world. That’s because simply cor…
Vision-Related Diseases Costing $139 Billion Each Year
Vision-related diseases are costing insurance companies, the U.S. government and patients approximately $139 billion each year, according to researchers from the University of Chicago, the authors of a new report – “Cost of Vision Problems: The Economi…
Cataract Surgery Globally May Only Need Short-term Follow-up
A multinational study suggests that early outcomes allow centers to assess the quality of their care and surgeons. Medscape Medical News
Update on Botulinum Toxins in Oculofacial Plastic Surgery
This primer covers the various preparations of botulinum toxin and their safe use for cosmetic and functional indications in the periorbital region. International Ophthalmology Clinics
Eleven Biotherapeutics reports positive results from EBI-005 Phase 1b/2a study in patients with DED
Eleven Biotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company designing and engineering novel and differentiated protein-based biotherapeutics for ocular diseases, announced today positive topline clinical results from a 6-week randomized, double-masked, placebo…
UH Eye Institute to use Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System to treat patients with RP
University Hospitals Eye Institute will be one of the first medical centers in the United States to offer the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System.
Can Health Apps Help Patients Change Their Behavior?
The answer is yes, a top expert maintains, but not the way they are being designed right now. Medscape Business of Medicine
Medicare Enhances Doctor-Rating Website
Medicare Thursday added new features to its Physician Compare website as it prepares to start including quality data on thousands of doctors. Kaiser Health News
Topol Asks Sebelius 5 ACA Questions
Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Topol, MD, interviews HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the eve of the 1-year anniversary of Supreme Court’s ACA ruling. Medscape Family Medicine
Telescopic Contact Lens System for AMD Allows Switching Between Normal, Zoom Modes
People with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) experience progressive vision loss in parts of their retinas. Typically, either specialty glasses or surgically implanted telescopic lenses are used to project images to the healthy parts of the retina. The glasses are uncomfortable and look goofy, resembling ones surgeons use with telescopes protr (Read more...)
ACA Ruling at 1 Year: Many States Fleeing Medicaid Expansion
It’s been a year since the US Supreme Court delivered its surprising decision on the Affordable Care Act, and physicians are just beginning to feel the effects. Medscape Medical News
Magnetically Controlled Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Eye Surgeries
Today’s ophthalmic surgeons continue to rely on on bulky, manually operated tools that can be quite invasive while being limited as to what can be done with them. Lasers offer precision, but they’re not applicable in many situations because of the potential of damage to the eye.
A research team at the Swiss science and technology instit (Read more...)
Subtle Abnormalities Predict Which Older Adults Will Have Faster Decline In Visual Acuity
Sophisticated new optical quality metrics can identify older adults likely to have more rapid age-related declines in vision, suggests a study, “Factors Accounting for the 4-Year Change in Acuity in Patients Between 50 and 80 Years”, in the July issue …
Optimal Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy
Which patients with diabetic retinopathy benefit most from VEGF inhibitor therapy? Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Palladium-103 Radiation Effective for Small Choroidal Melanoma
Palladium-103 plaque radiation therapy was effective for treating small choroidal melanomas in a retrospective study. Reuters Health Information
Look AHEAD: No CVD Reduction, But Kidneys, Eyes Benefit
The primary end point, which was the first occurrence of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal MI, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for angina, occurred in 403 patients in the intervention arm and 418 patients in the control arm. This differenc…
ADA: Bariatric Surgery Risky for Diabetic Eyes? (CME/CE)
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — Weight-loss surgery might accelerate progression of diabetic retinopathy in some cases, a small pilot study warned.
New Low Cost Method Of Measuring Pleasure Response To Tasting Food
Scientists have developed a very simple tool that can measure the brain’s pleasure response to tasting food. The new low cost ophthalmological tool could be used for clinical applications in obesity prevention and addiction to foods. The study, publi…
The Absence of Older Keratoconus Patients
Is there validity to the observation that there is a lack of older keratoconus patients? Medscape Ophthalmology