Research presented today, at the 117th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in New Orleans, has found that women who have taken oral contraceptives for three or more years are twice as likely to suffer from glaucoma, one of the leadi…
Don’t Freeze Medicare Rates, Docs Tell Congress
A proposal to repeal the SGR formula would freeze Medicare FFS rates for 10 years and phase in pay-for-performance. No, no, no, says organized medicine. It’s time for an FFS rate hike. Medscape Medical News
Findings allay prostatectomy eye pressure concerns
A Japanese study shows that intraocular pressure increases during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy with the patient in a steep Trendelenburg position, but this is not associated with an increased risk for postoperative complications or changes in…
Prosthesis Improves Vision in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Patients using the prosthetic retina could better identify objects, leading to an improved quality of life. Medscape Medical News
Sustainable Global System Might Avert Antibiotic Resistance
The whole structure of delivery for effective antibiotics, including research and development, distribution, and rational use, must be reengineered to avert the threat of antibiotic resistance. Medscape Medical News
Peripapillary Choroidal Cavitation – Corrected Proof
We read with interest the article of Yeh et al concerning the retrospective evaluation of patients with peripapillary choroidal cavitation (PCC) by optical coherence tomography (OCT; Stratus 3000). The authors pointed out that 93.5% of cases of PCC we…