Glaucoma [Part 2]

If you haven’t read my first post about glaucoma, I suggest taking a few minutes to read that one prior to starting in here, we’re picking up right where the first left off. Once we’ve determined that someone is a glaucoma suspect, how do we determine whether or not...

Glaucoma [Part 1]

Part 1 – This will be another two-parter, as glaucoma is pretty complicated and long as well! “Hey doc, can I get some pot for my glaucoma??” You know, it’s funny how often I still get this question. The short answer is no. The long answer is “No and here’s...

Diabetes and Diet Soda

For my first blog entry, I thought I would discuss something that came up in a few recent articles that caught my attention. Back when I was an intern at the VA Hospital down in Roseburg, OR, I had an attending doctor who I greatly respected. He taught me a lot of...

Dry Eye Disease – Part 1

Note: I’m going to break this one up into a two parter (note: part 2 is now available), as dry eye can be really complicated. I tend to go overboard with patients when educating them on the matter because I’d like to say I consider myself to be a bit of a dry eye...

Dry Eye Disease Part 2

This is the second part of my last blog post about dry eye. The first post covered symptoms and risk factors/causes of dry eye. Now we’ll talk about what’s going on on the surface of your eye as well as some of the treatment options and managements for dry eye! Types...