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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 7-11

The 2017 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology...
Hackers are increasingly targeting hospitals

Hospitals Need to Be Prepared for Ransomware Attacks

Medical information a vulnerable target for those planning ransomware attacks, doctor warns
Medicaid patients have slightly longer waits at medical appointments than those with private insurance

Outpatient Wait Times Are Longer for Medicaid Recipients

Researchers suggest lag time might be due to providers having larger caseloads
High-price practices have higher scores on certain measures of care coordination and management

Practice Prices Linked to Some Measures of Care Coordination

But no differences in overall care ratings, receipt of preventive services, acute care use
From 2001 to 2010

Postmarket Safety Events for 32 Percent of Novel Therapeutics

Thirty-two percent of 222 FDA approved novel therapeutics from 2001 to 2010 were affected
U.S. women traveling to areas where the Zika virus is circulating might be less likely to be infected than expected

Risk of Zika Infection Appears to Be Low for Pregnant Women

U.S. study found only one of 185 who traveled to active areas tested positive, and baby wasn't infected
Increases in insurance coverage from 2008 to 2014 were not associated with worse access to care for continuously insured adults

Increases in Rates of Insured Don’t Harm Continuously Insured

Continuously insured adults do not have worse access to care with increases in cover from '08 to '14
A novel contrast-rebalance paradigm of daily-activity-based dichoptic training with an augmented reality platform appears beneficial for adults with monocular anisometropic amblyopia

ARVO: Dichoptic Augmented-Reality Treats Adult Amblyopia

After six-week contrast-rebalance AR training the stereopsis of all 15 patients was reestablished
A considerable proportion of physician mothers report perceived discrimination

Most Physician Mothers Report Perceived Discrimination

Overall, 77.9 percent reported discrimination, with 66.3 percent reporting gender discrimination
An evidence-based medicine course has some positive effect on medical student critical thinking

Evidence-Based Medicine Course Beneficial for Critical Thinking

Significant mean differences in confidence, inquisitiveness, overall score for undergrads