Medical Bulletin 25/November/2021

Study shows no evidence that violent video games lead to real-life violence. UK: A study by Agne Suziedelyte revealed that no evidence was found that violence increased after a new violent video game is released. Hence, policies that place restrictions on video game sales to minors do not help reduce violence in society. The findings of the study are published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

Video games and mental health are popularly linked to each other in both good and harmful ways. They are linked to low personality development and suicidal rates. The media often portrays violent video games to affect real-life violence, although there is limited evidence to support this link. The lack of studies on mental health and video games provide not much light on the topic.

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Violent Video Games Do Not Lead To Real-Life Violence Among Children: Study

A prospective study by Dr Shadi Lahham MD, MS, and team revealed that point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can be used as a diagnostic tool for the identification of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) with high sensitivity and specificity. The findings of the study are published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is a bacterial infection that results in the death of parts of the body's soft tissue. The incidence of necrotizing fasciitis in adults is 0.40 cases per 100,000 people/year and the incidence in children is higher at 0.08 cases per 100,000 people/year. It requires prompt diagnosis and immediate surgical debridement.

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POCUS May Identify Necrotizing Fasciitis With High Sensitivity And Specificity

A recent study has shown that self-managed medication abortion with accompaniment group support to be highly effective. Also, for those having pregnancies of less than 9 weeks gestation, it is non-inferior to the effectiveness of clinician-managed medication abortion administered in a clinical setting.

The findings of the prospective cohort study, published in The Lancet Global Health, support the use of remote self-managed models of early abortion care and also telemedicine, as is being considered in several countries owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Self-Managed Medication Abortion As Effective As Clinically Managed One: Lancet Study

A novel TearCare treatment effectively reduced signs and symptoms in patients with dry eye, according to a recent study in the journal Optometry and Vision Science. The system involves the delivery of a specific meibum-melting temperature at the inner eyelid and meibomian gland level that helps in the effective melting of hardened meibum.

The meibomian gland is essential in maintaining a healthy tear film, which in turn protects and provides lubrication to the ocular surface. The meibomian gland is a sebaceous gland located in e tarsal plates of the eyelids that secrete meibum.

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Single TearCare Treatment Effective For Curing Dry Eye: Study