Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries | CBC News
Ophthalmologists warn that expanding optometrists' scope to include surgeries and laser treatments endangers patient safety and should remain physician-only.
Science Partnering With the Arts Enhances Medical Education
Including humanities such as music in medical education improves physicians' diagnostic precision, manual dexterity, and empathic abilities, fostering surgeons with refined microsurgical and perceptual skills.
An AI copilot increased ophthalmology diagnostic accuracy from 74% to 92% and improved patient compliance, indicating potential transformative clinical impact.
A San Francisco museum explores the cringey history of eye medicine
The exhibition explores the evolution of ophthalmology in Asia, showcasing artifacts and methods that trace back to 10th-century practices, including early cataract surgery techniques.
What might cancer treatment teach us about retinal disease? - Harvard Gazette
Miller explains, "It turns out, particularly where abnormal blood vessels develop in these retinal diseases like wet macular degeneration, that the drivers are very similar to what happens in cancer."
Woman's eyesight saved by cutting-edge test after mystery infection
A breakthrough metagenomics test diagnosed a rare bacterial infection, saving a doctor's eyesight after years of misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment.