New Treatment Called ACTHAR may help this underlying inflammation in dry eye patients.

We have been having early success with PRP injections into the meibomian glands thus far, but we are waiting to see if this is a temporary help or a long term solution or even cure for meibomian gland dysfunction.  Still there are patients, particularly my patients with Sjögren’s syndrome and other autoimmune diseases where the […]

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Drugs that Cause Dry Eyes

Many patients ask me if their prescription medicine is causing their dry eyes. There are many drugs that contribute to dry eye symptoms. A few of them directly damage meibomian glands and likely other cells that are key in dry eye. Here is a good list from the below reference: Category Subcategory Systemic Drugs Identified

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Best Cream For Skin Burns: my go to way to treat a bad skin burn.

Burn injuries very common.  Most burns are limited to an extremity. Extensive burns/ burn trauma can be life-threatening or result in long-lasting complications. Bad burns can result in fibroproliferative scarring, skin contractures, or chronic wounds that take weeks or months to heal.  Burn injuries are highly patient-specific due to the wound-specific differences, such as general health status, age, immune status,

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Great Article on The Importance of Asking Your Doctor To Possibly Order Lipoprotein a IF You Have a Family History of Heart Disease

Ask your insurance if they will cover this but seems like a no brainer to be checked for this if you have a family history of early death or heart disease. 4 A Heart Risk Factor Even Doctors Know Little About New York Times Jan 09, 2018 Original Article   14 2 Bob Harper, the celebrity fitness trainer from

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Favorite Quote About Knowledge

“There are some who desire knowledge merely for its own sake; and that is shameful curiosity. And there are others who desire to know, in order that they may themselves be known; and that is vanity, disgraceful too. Others again, desire knowledge in order to acquire money or preferment by it; that too is a

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Which is the Best Punctal Plug?

Introduction Dry eye is a common condition that occurs when the eye either does not have enough oil lubrication from the meibomian glands (called Meibomian Gland Dysfunction) and/or the eye’s lacrimal gland does not produce enough tears to keep the eye moist, comfortable, pain-free, and give crisp vision.  When relief from dry eye is not

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