DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield offers ‘New to Medicare’ Discount on Medicare Supplement Plan F in Colorado.
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Publication Exclusive: ‘Super Surface’ and ‘Super Formula’ concepts increase IOL calculation accuracy
IOL power calculations for cataract surgery have come a long way since the days of empiric regression formulae such as the SRK and SRK II. We now tend to use theoretical methods such as the Holladay, SRK/T, Hoffer Q and Haigis, among others. While we t…
Improved Therapy for Cataract Patients Would Save Medicare Billions
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A study reports that wider adoption of “dropless” therapy in connection with cataract surgeries could save Medicare and Medicaid more than $7.1 billion over the next ten years.
Study finds injuries from nonpowder guns severe among children
As airsoft, BB and paintball guns begin to rival the power of traditional firearms, injuries from these ‘toy’ weapons treated at a large metropolitan children’s hospital demonstrate a significant…
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Nonpowder guns pose significant risk of eye injury among children
WASHINGTON — The growing popularity of nonpowder firearms, including paintball guns, airsoft guns, BB guns and pellet guns, represent a significant risk of ocular injury among children with the potential for permanent disability, according to data presented at the 2015 AAP National Conference and Exhibition.“It is extremely important for PCPs to be aware that nonpowder gun injuries can appear deceivingly benign by external exam,” Nina Mizuki Fitzgerald, MD, a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, told Infectious Diseases in Children. “In contrast to traditional firearms, nonpowder guns do not leave powder burns on the skin; a small puncture wound may be the only visible sign of an injury, but there may be severe internal injuries.”
D.C. Week: Obama Moves to Curb Opioid Abuse
(MedPage Today) — Also, the FDA approves a hyperkalemia drug