When I first made this video about the Dangers of Computers, we had 6 children present to the office with severe corneal signs of dryness. Now we have 11 children who have the loss of the majority of their meibomian glands. I am worried this is the tip of the iceberg as my office does not […]
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I have asked many of my severe dry eye patients if they would prefer to have chronic chest pain, need hospital dialysis or continue to have their dry eye discomfort and pain. All of them said they would prefer one of the other options. While this is not a scientific study by any means, and
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This paper shows that Stem Cells have the potential to treat Late Stage Multiple Sclerosis: at least in mice for now. Many patients are hoping this will translate into humans as well. Explore this journal > Previous article in issue: Advanced Glycation Endproducts Impair Endothelial Progenitor Cell Migration and Homing via Syndecan 4 Shedding View
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Stromal Vascular Fraction is often created from from Adipose (Fat). SVF contains stem cells which seem to have the potential to create many different cell types depending on the location where the SVF is injected. SVF is used for many other indications. One of the successful indications has been treating the dark circles under one’s
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This recent paper shows Diquafosol Ophthalmic Solution helped patients with dry eyes who have foreign body sensation. I cannot tell from the abstract if the authors have a vested interest in the company and my Johns Hopkins account is not letting me access the full article. Will have to wait till I get a copy
In my research into the potential benefit of Stem Cell Injections into the Meibomian Gland, I wondered if there has been proof that Meibomian Glands need Growth Factors to grow. While it seems intuitive that they do, I wondered what the literature said about Meibomian Glands and Growth Factors. This article in a well respected
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Here is a full list of published meibomian gland models for Meibomian Gland Disease. The problem is imaging these animal’s glands to see if stem cell injection into the glands would repair the process. Looking into ways to do this, but without being able to do a lipiview or lipiscan on mice, it defeats the
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Rotator Cuff injuries are the most common cause of shoulder pain with 16 to 34 percent in the general population having shoulder pain enough to seek treatment in their lifetime. The Rotator Cuff is the name given to the muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint which head of your upper arm bone firmly within the shallow
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Stromal vascular fraction (SVF) is the part of Adipose Tissue (ie, your fat tissue taken out with liposuction usually and is also known as autologous adipose tissue) which has cell components that can potentially regenerate dying or dead tissue. It is sometimes called also adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction cells SVF cells contain the cell types: 1.
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The injection of Stem Cells Around the Lacrimal Gland has been performed in dogs with good success as noted below. This has also been tried in humans with Sjögren’s syndrome with good results but it has not been published yet. I am hoping to start a funded protocol to study stem cell injections into the Meibomian Glands