Best Cataract Choices Decision Tree: What are my choices in Cataract Surgery

What is the Best Cataract Surgery in the World:  Until about March 2005 in the US, patients and eye surgeons did not have a wide range of choices for cataract surgery, in particular implant choices. The only real choice was a Monofocal implant (or IOL=intraocular lens). Monofocal IOLs helped patients for 1 distance only, most often distance […]

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Fuchs’ Dystrophy

Fuchs’ Dystrophy Before you have cataract surgery, be sure you do not have Fuchs’ Dystrophy. This can easily be overlooked even by the best eyeMDs in the world. If you have a family history of Fuchs’, ask your eyeMD to be sure you do not have Fuchs’. Fuchs’ Dystrophy is an abnormality of the back

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Best websites about Sarcoidosis

1. NIH: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sarc/treatment How Is Sarcoidosis Treated? Not everyone who has sarcoidosis needs treatment. Sometimes the disease goes away on its own. Whether you need treatment and what type of treatment you need depend on your signs and symptoms, which organs are affected, and whether those organs are working well. If the disease affects certain

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Top Rosacea Triggers

Top Rosacea Triggers It is really frustrating that there are really no double blinded, randomized trials on rosacea triggers yet. However, these are the top ones that most rosacea patients say make their rosacea worse. Likely time and research will show that one’s genetic profile and maybe even one’s previous environmental factors (how much sun

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Not all Nutritional Supplements for Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) contain proven formulations according to NIH trials AREDS and AREDS2

Not all Nutritional Supplements for Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) contain proven formulations according to NIH trials AREDS and AREDS2 This is shocking to read, but only the below nutritional supplements for macular degeneration contained correct formulations according to important NIH based studies for ARMD called AREDS and AREDS2. 1. Bausch + Lomb’s: PreserVision Eye

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Macular Degeneration and Supplements

Good review article. Sandra Lora Cremers, MD, FACS J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2014 Oct-Dec; 9(4): 487–493. doi:  10.4103/2008-322X.150829 PMCID: PMC4329711 Nutrient Supplementation for Age-related Macular Degeneration, Cataract, and Dry Eye Ronald P. Hobbs, MD and Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ▼ Copyright : © Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research This is an open-access article

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