There is always new research on what is the best food or vitamin to prevent worsening of macular degeneration. While this study touts a particular combination, it is important to remember prevention is worth more than all the best vitamins combined. If you smoke, do not use sunglasses, or eat an inflammatory-inducing diet instead of […]
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Best Way to Get Rid of Head Lice Update: Since my original posting below, a friend email me to share her story with head lice. It ran through the whole family and it cost them about $400 for a professional lice remover to come to their house and help them get rid of it in all
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Best Way to Get Rid of Head Lice A dear friend had to cancel Easter dinner with us as her children had head lice. We were so sad to hear this as we were looking forward to seeing them. Still, the dread of head lice was a concern. I felt very lame to cancel! I
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Latest in Alzheimer’s Research A beloved patient shared this with me given my interest in Alzheimer’s research. Though it is early to start using umbilical cord blood directly on patients, I think this is very promising: a protein found in the umbilical cord that seems to revitalize the hipocampus. For Dry Eye Patients, umbilical cord blood
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Children Must Play Outside Daily at least 2 Hours a Day to Help Decrease Risk of Myopia (Near-Sightedness) and Resulting Glaucoma, Retinal Holes, Tears, Retinal Detachment, Cataract (all increased with myopia) AND ESPECIALLY Loss of Meibomian Glands and Chronic Dry Eyes Below demonstrates Original Investigation September 15, 2015 Effect of Time Spent Outdoors at School on the
Top 10 Things That Destroy Meibomian Glands Having now seen thousands of LipiScan’s in the last year, I have come to realize there are some key things that destroy Meibomian Glands. It is very sad to see this happen. It is a travesty when this happens to a 7-year-old, like the one I saw a
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Causes of rectal bleeding include: Hemorrhoids Anal Fissures Anal Cancer Colon Cancer Colon Polyps Ulcerative Colitis/Crohn’s Disease Solitary Rectal Ulcer (ulcer in the rectum) Diverticulosis (bulging pouch that forms on wall of large intestine) Proctitis (inflammation of the rectum) Ischemic colitis (colon inflammation caused by reduced blood flow) Infectious Colitis (inflammation of the colon caused
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Can Meibomian Glands Recover or “Grow Back”? The short answer is, likely yes, to some extent. There is still a great deal of work needed, though, to see how much the Meibomian Glands can recover. For now, the below paper demonstrates warm/hot compresses can make the Meibomian Glands “grow back” or fill up with more
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Lipiflow Objectively Improves Dry Eye Signs and Symptoms: Control Eye (no Lipiflow) versus Case Eye (Lipiflow used) The below study assess the safety and effectiveness of a 12-minute LipiFlow monocular treatment on elderly Chinese patients with MGD. Previous studies reported that a single LipiFlow 12-minute treatment improved meibomian gland secretion, Tear Break Up Time (TBUT)
Meibomian Gland Probing provides symptomatic relief in 91.4% of patients More and more papers are coming out showing the benefit of Meibomian Gland Probing (MGP). This has been our findings as well. The paper below written by former colleagues at Harvard beat us to publication. Congratulations, Dr. Sutula. We need more papers looking at the
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