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How Doctors and Hospitals Can Better Prepare for Winter
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Information Blockade Ahead!
(MedPage Today) — Information blocking must be stopped, says David Nash, MD, MBA
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Visual outcomes, safety similar in aspheric-customized LASIK, wavefront-optimized LASIK
Aspheric-customized LASIK and wavefront-optimized LASIK yielded similar visual outcomes and safety, according to a study.The retrospective study included 40 eyes of 24 patients who underwent LASIK to correct moderate hyperopia. Twenty-four eyes underwe…
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House of Representatives passes delay of medical device tax
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a $650 million tax break package that will delay the 2.3% tax on medical devices by a minimum of 2 years.The measure was approved by a 318-109 vote and is the first part of a deal to avoid a potential govern…
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VIDEO: Surgeon gives pearls on managing ocular trauma in presence of proliferative vitretinopathy
FLORENCE, Italy — At the FLOREtina meeting, José Garcia Arumí, MD, gives pearls on how to manage ocular trauma in the presence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Common in trauma, proliferative vitreoretinopathy is often the cause of failure of retinal detachment surgery in these challenging cases.