VIENNA — Day 1 postoperative assessment may no longer be required in patients who undergo pars plana vitrectomy. “With the expanded use of local anesthesia and small-gauge surgery, the actual rate of first day intervention is almost negligible and the need for routine day 1 review is questionable,” Philip Alexander, MD, FRCOphth, said at the Advanced Retinal Therapy meeting.
Medical students have a higher overall rate of depression than the general population, according to study results published in JAMA. These findings emphasize that effective preventive efforts and improved access to care are needed for students in medical school.“Studies have suggested that medical students experience high rates of depression and suicidal ideation,” Lisa S. Rotenstein, BA, of Harvard Medical School, and colleagues wrote. “However, estimates of the prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among students vary across studies from 1.4% to 73.5% and those of suicidal ideation vary from 4.9% (Read more...)
Regular users of cannabis can demonstrate a delay in transmission of action potentials by the ganglion cells compared with non-users, which could potentially cause alterations in vision, according to a study. The case-control study included 28 individu…
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Researchers in Southampton have discovered children who suffer from eye movement disorder nystagmus – known as ‘wobbly eye’ – struggle to recognise faces but not other objects.
The most common disorders, occurring at least twice as often among women with a history of preeclampsia, included traction detachments, retinal breaks, and diabetic retinopathy. Medscape Medical News