Any Retinal Artery Occlusion should go to a Stroke Center or ER ASAP: CRAO, BRAO needs to be treated like a stroke

There is a small chance to have visual recovery if a drug called tPA is administered within 6 hours of the obstruction/acute vision loss. This is very hard to do but has been reported to help. In any retinal artery occlusion, the patient needs to be sent to a good Stroke Center ASAP if there […]

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Marijuana: its uses and dangers

Marijuana has long been used as a pain medication for cancer patients and patients who suffer from chronic pain. Still, its dangers are real and all medical personnel should block its legalization. Marijuana should be used only in certain patients who are under the care of an MD. Many patients have asked about the use

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What is the Status of Treating Inflammatory Markers for Autoimmune Disease?

Dr. Judah Folkman was one of the first surgeons to promote the idea of treating a cancer marker before a full fledged cancer was returning or even beginning. It was very controversial then, it is controversial now. And such a protocol may not translate to other diseases. With autoimmune disease, researchers are getting better at

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Best “Do Not Miss List” for Ophthalmology Medical Students and Pre-Meds: Thank you, Kimia! You will make a great doctor!

This is my favorite list of diseases and conditions one must see when rotating on an Ophthalmology rotation. I originally started this with the help of Dr. Erick Matten who was at Harvard Medical School as a medical student at the time. Thanks to Kimia Heydari at Columbia University for updating it! Pass it on

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Congratulations to Martijn Cremers! He is super smart & very devout & deserved the position of Dean of the Notre Dame Business School

They could not have picked a more qualified candidate!SLC. Martijn Cremers appointed dean of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business by Patrick Gibbons March 19, 2019 Martijn Cremers. K.J. Martijn Cremers has been appointed Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame by University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., effective July

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How to Make You Blink: maybe a loud noise might help?

But I wonder if the brain with tune this out also as many learn not to blink when concentrating on electronic screens.SLC Neurology. 1981 Mar;31(3):272-81. Light-stimulus-evoked blink reflex: methods, normal values, relation to other blink reflexes, and observations in multiple sclerosis. Yates SK, Brown WF. Abstract The blink reflex may be evoked by auditory click or light

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CURRICULUM VITAE DATE PREPARED: February, 2019 PART I: General Information Name: SANDRA LORA CREMERS, MD, FACS Fellow of American College of Surgeons Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology Office Address: Primary: Visionary Eye Doctors 11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 1202 Rockville, MD 20852, United States  301-896-0890 Johns Hopkins University Medicine, Suburban Hospital 8600 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda,

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Do I have Dry Eye? Do I have Ocular Surface Disease? Definition of Dry Eye Disease

Diagnosing dry eye has long been a subjective diagnosis. For years, it has been hard for eye surgeons and doctors alike to definitively diagnose “Dry Eye” objectively. This has frustrated many patients and doctors. More recently the concept of “Pain without Stain,” (or eye pain with little to no signs under the microscope) has forced

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