New Glaucoma Drop: A combination of Alphagan (brimonidine) and Carbonic Anhydrase inhibitor (like Trusopt: brinzolamide) Called Simbrinza

Simbrinza is a combination of brimonidine and brinzolamide.  1. It was FDA approved this week.  2. It is the only beta blocker–free, fixed-combination therapy for glaucoma available in the United States. 3. Simbrinza combines a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (brinzolamide 1.0%) and an alpha 2 adrenergic receptor agonist (brimonidine tartrate 0.2%) in a single multidose bottle 4. For […]

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Diet

My Favorite Diet One’s diet is incredibly important in decreasing the production of inflammatory factors in the body.  If we teach our children to eat well when they are young, it will be much easier to love these diets and may not have to suffer from conditions, in part, due to inflammation, such as acne,

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Anti-Cancer Diet: Your Risk of Developing Cancers, Metastasis, and other Diseases dependent on Angiogenesis & Your Angiogenic Risk Profile (ARP)

Anti-Cancer Diet:  Your Risk of Developing Cancers, Metastasis, and other Diseases dependent on Angiogenesis &  Your  Angiogenic Risk Profile (ARP) Research by Dr. Judah Folkman and others at Harvard Medical School and throughout the world has identified angiogenesis as an underlying etiology for many cancers and other diseases. Angiogenesis is the process by which factors

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Cataract Surgery Options: Chart comparing all the types of FDA-Approved Intraocular Lenses

Cataract Surgery Options The new advances in cataract surgery are truly exciting! For the first time in the history of mankind, patients with cataracts have the potential to see a wide range of distances after cataract surgery. Complication rates continue to decrease and options for patients continue to increase. It is the best time in

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The Best Way to Clean Eyes When You Have Conjunctivitis: Bacterial or Viral

The Best Way to Clean Your Eyes for those with Conjunctivitis: Bacterial or Viral For Viral: Viral Conjunctivitis is extremely contagious: Avoid touching your eyes. If you do touch your eyes and then touch the phone, the doorknob, etc, you can contaminate your other eye & everyone around you. 1. If only one eye is affected:

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New Frontiers in Dry Eye Treatments

New Frontiers in Dry Eye Treatments: As new treatments enter the marketplace, clinical practice patterns are still being optimized. Future head-to-head studies will clarify the optimal method for treatment, number of treatments, frequency intervals of these new exciting options. Currently, we are beginning a head to head study at Visionary Ophthalmology to see which of

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