Does eating probiotics make gout worse? I am not sure and have to do more research. Some interesting points in the below article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994919/ A study performed 45 years ago demonstrated that feeding yeast to healthy young individuals elevated serum uric acid, Saccharomyces boulardii, or S. boulardii, is one type of probiotic out there. But there’s […]
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FYI, Dr. Cremers. There is a study that washing clothes with OxiClean added to unscented detergent and then rinsing clothes again in plain water removes 95% of dust mites and dander. Might be helpful (at least with allergies) https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(03)01283-1/fulltext From Susan Rhoads to All panelists: Thank you again, Dr. Rhoads!
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Even though I am an eye surgeon, a couple of patients each year ask me about their Athlete’s foot/ toe nail fungus as they are really afraid their fungus has spread to their eyes. The good news is eyelid/eye fungus is very rare. Still, it is good to review all the best options for Athlete’s
Notes about: Topical % N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) QID x 1month Could meibomian gland probing be unnecessary in the future? Could we be getting closer to a cure for dry eye disease? The answer to both questions is yes, but the question is how long will it take to get there. There are many underlying causes to
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New App created to help with chronic pain conditions. I am not sure how much screen time this would require to set up or use, but it might be helpful for a loved one to set up for a patient and guide them through this type of thought process. I have not seen a
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Thousands of patients are now receiving the COVID-19 vaccines. Recently we started seeing patients who report they have had some symptoms after receiving the vaccine. This does not apply causation at all but wanted to report these. We saw a patient with significant nodular scleritis 2 weeks after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. She reports
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