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The Cambridge Idioms Dictionary defines a proper balancing act as “a difficult situation in which you try to achieve several different things at the same time.” As a premier surgeon, a proper balancing act goes beyond the balance between work and family and extends in detail to the balance of all arms at work. The driving forces behind such balance depend on whether the premium surgeon is in a solo practice, a small private practice with two to three doctors, a large group of 10 or more doctors, a single (Read more...)

The Ophthalmic Premier League Symposium, a team video competition, will commence at the 2014 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.“The video format makes this symposium very interesting for ophthalmologists, and added to it is the competition element where the ophthalmologists in the audience can vote and decide the best team,” Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth, told Ocular Surgery News.

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Most patients with uveitis who received at least one periocular depot corticosteroid injection during follow-up benefited from the therapy, including an improvement in reduced visual acuity attributed to macular edema, a study found.“Local treatment strategies are frequently used in the management of uveitis, often as an adjunct to systemic treatment in severe cases,” lead author H. Nida Sen, MD, MHSc, director of the Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship Program at the National Eye Institute, said. Such local strategies have the advantage “of sparing patients from systemic side effects, but there (Read more...)

Standardized data exchange is at the center of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s efforts to meet meaningful use criteria for electronic health records, according to a group of experts.An editorial published in Ophthalmology reviewed the AAO’s efforts to help members meet meaningful use criteria and improve care.

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The use of systemic beta-blockers or nitrates was found to significantly lower IOP in an older British population, according to a study.“We still know relatively little about the pathogenesis of primary open-angle glaucoma,” lead author Anthony P. Khawaja, MB BS, MA(Cantab), MPhil, FRCOphth, said. “Higher intraocular pressure is the most important risk factor for POAG, and understanding why some people have higher IOP than others may offer new targets for treatment.”

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