Study Throws Shade on Cost, Benefits of Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- Laser-assisted cataract surgery failed to pass a cost-effectiveness test versus standard phacoemulsification cataract surgery (PCS), data from the randomized FEMCAT trial showed.
Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery ... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Is the NHS 'soup and shake' type 2 diabetes diet really the solution for we've been waiting for?
Lynne Lewis (pictured), 70, from Pontypool in South Wales, regained weight - and her type 2 diabetes - after her husband's death. She started the soup and shakes diet in 2015 after experience cataracts. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eye surgeon warns sunlight can cause cataracts and cornea damage - how to avoid
UV radiation from the sun can damage both the skin around the eyes and the eyes themselves, an expert warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A look inside New Brunswick's first private cataract surgery clinic
A Bathurst ophthalmologist opened his clinic and surgical suite to cameras one day last week while he performed cataract surgery. Until government changes were made last fall, surgeries had to be done in a hospital. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/New Brunswick Source Type: news
Owner reveals hilarious theory behind goldendoodle's " strangely human eyes "
Most people have seen or heard of "puppy dog eyes," but in one case a goldendoodle owner has turned to the internet to showcase his dog's "human eyes." The viral TikTok clip shared to a page dedicated to the chocolate canine @rosie_posie914 has racked up 2.2 million views and 238,000 likes.…#tiktok #lindasimon #poochmutt #cataracts #glaucoma (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study Finds ZEPTO Precision Pulse Capsulotomy Offers Significant Advantages Over Manual Capsulorhexis in Treating White Cataracts
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 4, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Centricity Vision Inc., a global ophthalmic technology company and developer of the ZEPTO IOL Positioning System, today announced that a new study published in the Journal of Ca... Devices, Ophthalmology Centricity Vision, ZEPTO IOL Positioning System, Precision Pulse Capsulotomy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Use of private providers damaging NHS eye care, survey reveals
The independent sector should be commissioned to provide more NHS outpatient appointments, rather than just be focused on cutting cataract waiting lists, the president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 3, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Ontario makes changes to eye exam eligibility for seniors, those with cataracts, other conditions
Ontario has reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them and changes eligibility for some assessments, including less frequent general eye exams for seniors. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Ontario changes eye exam eligibility for seniors, those with cataracts, other conditions
Ontario has reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them and changes eligibility for some assessments, including less frequent general eye exams for seniors. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Pakistan ’s Free Healthcare Insurance Benefits Women, Poor
Universal Health Care priorities in Pakistan have been boosted by free healthcare insurance for the poor. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Feb 22 2023 (IPS) A free health insurance initiative started in Pakistan has benefited poor patients, especially women who have outnumbered men in using the cashless health services under the Sehat Card Plus programme.
“The initiative is in line with the ICPD25 Programme of Action, under which 4.5 million people have received free services, with 62 percent of them women. In the last three years, we have been able to cut down maternal mortality rate from 186 d...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ashfaq Yusufzai Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Featured Gender Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Population TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news
Fewer Surprise Bills: Most U.S. Hospitals Now Transparent on Prices
MONDAY, Feb. 20, 2023 -- Shopping for cataract surgery, a heart valve replacement or a colonoscopy?
You ’re better able these days to compare what one hospital charges against the prices at another, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
India's healthcare sector witnessing big, positive changes: PM writes to Varanasi cataract camp beneficiaries
"There was a time when poor and middle class families could not get proper treatment and perhaps they accepted this as their destiny. We have seen how mothers and sisters sometimes used to hide their diseases just because they were afraid that the cost of their treatment would worsen the family's economic condition," Modi was quoted as saying in the letters. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - February 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Learn about advances in cataract surgery
Cataracts are one of the most common eye conditions in the world. Chances are most people are going to develop cataracts at some point in their lives. Thanks to advances in cataract surgery, Dr. Dave Patel, a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist, says many patients are able to say goodbye to their cataracts and reduce or eliminate their need for glasses. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLdagXOdlI8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1:10) is in the downloads at the end of the… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 8, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Thousands of patients recalled over eye damage concerns
Thousands of patients are being recalled for urgent eye checks after regulators raised safety concerns related to a product used in cataract surgery. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 7, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
MrBeast paid for 1k eye surgeries and people are weirded out
has moved on from recreating Squid Game to going creative mode on the US healthcare system. The 24-year-old and world’s most popular YouTuber uploaded a video over the weekend that revealed he funded cataract surgery for 1,000 people. The video, titled “1,000 Blind People See For The First Time,”…#squidgame #youtuber #blindpeopleseefor #donaldson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
