Ophthalmology News

Here, Kristin Flanary, also known as Lady Glaucomflecken, shares her experience as a critical illness cosurvivor, hoping to highlight the challenges of the families who are at the receiving end of critical illness for their loved one.

Dagny Zhu, MD, and Susan MacDonald, MD, talk with Alison Early, MD, Regine Pappas, MD, and Shanika Esparaz, MD, about homemaker and mom hack tips for those balancing family life and a career in medicine.

In this episode, hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discuss the latest news in eye care, then speak with Eric Rosenberg, DO, about the current state and future of digital ophthalmology.

Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, and Laura B. Enyedi, MD, talk with Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS, and Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, about addressing physician suicide and destigmatizing mental health. Plus, they share their favorite resilience hacks.

Although COVID-19 remained a popular topic among Healio Primary Care readers in 2021, other stories that discussed diabetes screening and physician suicide also generated significant attention.

As of Dec. 1, the FDA had approved 46 novel drugs this year, one fewer than it had approved by the same date in 2020.

The risk for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy increases with higher dosing per actual and ideal body weight, and with longer duration of use, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

In 2019, more than 67 million adults in the U.S. reported having a disability, a 1% increase since the prevalence was last examined in 2016, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Holding a family’s fragile, premature newborn is a humbling moment — especially as a newly minted doctor.

Eye exam reminders at every visit are associated with higher uveitis knowledge among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their parents, according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.