October 30, 2012
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Healio Minute Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012: Coping with vision impairment, gallstone misinformation, Mary Poppins medicine

Looking age in the eye: Vision impairment reactions differ

Healio.com/Optometry: Analysis shows coping strategies different for young and old; includes a caveat about depression. Read more.

Video misinformation vs. surgical misgivings about gallstones

Healio.com/Hepatology: "Misleading" YouTube videos tally more views than those considered medically accurate. Read more.

Maybe the researchers didn't see "Mary Poppins"

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Turns out the song "A Spoonful of Sugar" was correct, but a bit more clinical precision is suggested when treating infant pain with sucrose. Read more.

Cost to cure avoidable blindness by 2020?

Healio.com/Ophthalmology: Indian researchers estimate $632 billion, but say wealthier nations should supply the vision, and most of the money. Read more.