The Power of Prayer: 1000 Hail Mary’s Never underestimate the power of prayers! Though I am a “researcher” and “scientist,” I have seen prayers significantly lead to miraculous healing, cures, and other incredible miracles. A friend asked me to pray 1000 Hail Mary’s for her intention yesterday. Her prayer was answered in a most shocking […]
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When Should I Have Cataract Surgery? Should I Wait to Have Cataract Surgery? When I was a resident, my attendings would teach us to tell patients to wait to have cataract surgery until they could no longer drive or read. Many times they would tell patients that their cataract were not “ripe.” Many things have
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Favorite Instant Pot Recipes Many of you know how much we love our Instant Pot. This is a recipe I have made many times now and the kids love it. I tend to use a lot of onions, garlic & beans per amount of ground beef but if you are a meat eating believer, this
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Can You Have Zika with Red Eyes as the Only Symptom? A patient in an area hit by Zika asks: Can you have Zika with red eyes as the only symptom? Jamaica female 22 years Usually a patient infected with Zika has one of below symptoms as well. 1. Fever 2. Rash, 3. Joint pain: arthritis
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A patient asked: There’s painless white bumps across my vermilion border. I counted about 12. They’ve been growing and gave been there for more than 3 weeks. Help? The most likely cause of painless white bumps across the top lip margin or vermillion border are: 1. Virus herpes 2. Clogged skin gland or early zit 3.
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Do I have Zika? A patient in Jamaica asked: 4 days ago had a sore throat. Lost voice for a day. Coughing. Now , 5 days later both eyes are red and watery. No other symptoms. Could it be Zika? Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus (positive, single-stranded, enveloped RNA viruses), first discovered in the
Why Do I Have Chest Pain? Depending on your age and where the chest pain is located, “Chest Pain,” in general can be due to many things. The most common causes of chest pain are the following: Patients younger than 60years old: 1. Musculoskeletal Pain due to overexertion, muscle pain 2. Gas or GI issues
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Facebook Twitter Google+ EmaJAMA. 2015 Sep 15;314(11):1142-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.10803. Pathologic Myopia or Degenerative Myopia Pathologic or degenerative myopia is high myopia (-6.00D), also known as near-sightedness, with any posterior myopia-specific pathology from axial elongation. This means to have Pathologic Myopia you have been diagnosed with the following: 1. high myopia (-6.00D) this means your eyeball is longer
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Best Videos On How to Get Rid of Puffy Eyes: How to Cure Puffy Eyes One of the most common complaints eye surgeons hear about are the puffy bags under the patient’s eye. On an average, a woman in the United States spends $15,000 in her lifetime on makeup and a large percentage of this is
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Dry Eye Syndrome Versus Dry Eye Disease: What is the Difference Between Dry Eye Syndrome and Dry Eye Disease? Dry Eye Syndrome (DES), is the essentially the same as Dry Eye Disease (DED). It is also known as Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS), and Keratitis Sicca and even sometimes as just, “Dry Eye.” Dry Eye Syndrome is a multifactorial disease of the