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Physicians should use standard billing practices

Strategies Provided for Maximizing Payment

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Intake forms should remind patients of their responsibility for paying bills, collection costs
Topical baicalein

ARVO: Topical Flavonoid Cuts Intraocular Pressure in Rodents

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Topical administration lowers IOP; effect mediated in part by facilitation of outflow
There is a genetic link for strabismus and schizophrenia

ARVO: Genetic Link ID’d for Strabismus and Schizophrenia

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Almost half of the genes dysregulated in strabismic medial rectus muscle are schizophrenia biomarkers
Many patients prescribed hydroxychloroquine exceed the safety guidelines for daily dosing

ARVO: Hydroxychloroquine Daily Dosing Recs Often Exceeded

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Seventy percent of patients had daily dosages above recommended 6.5 mg/kg of ideal body weight
A computerized visual acuity-based screening program that employs a rapid

Computerized Visual Acuity Test Effective for Children

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High sensitivity and specificity for Jaeb Visual Acuity Screener for 3- to 7-year-old children
Gene therapy can rapidly improve eyesight for patients who've lost their vision from Leber congenital amaurosis

Gene Tx Improves Vision in Leber Congenital Amaurosis

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But benefits of treatment begin to fade after one to three years
Issues that will be at the forefront of the National Medical Student Meeting include vaccinations

Five ‘Top Issues’ to Be Discussed at AMA Medical Student Forum

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Issues include vaccination, Medicaid expansion, health care economics, loans, opioid epidemic

April 2015 Briefing – Ophthalmology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Ophthalmology for April 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Intensive management of type 1 diabetes can reduce the risk of having a diabetes-related ocular surgery by nearly 50 percent

Intensive T1DM Control Greatly Lowers Odds of Ocular Surgery

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Even modest period of tight control can lower need for eye surgery
A surveillance system for health care facilities can be used to identify and help reduce the number of preventable injuries among health care personnel

CDC: Surveillance System Can Help Reduce Health Care Injuries

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Nurse assistants and nurses found to have highest injury rates among all occupations examined