Regular exercise is an essential component of overall health and wellness. It is proven that exercise reduces sickness and disease; it increases strength, immunity, and mental health; and it also helps regulate bodily functions and maintain a healthy weight. Research shows that exercise can lower our risk of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, […]
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Screen Time Pros & Cons Whether it is homework, email, gaming, chatting with friends, searching the web or watching Youtube, kids these days seem to have an endless number of reasons to be glued to a screen. Many parents out there are wondering how bad this can be for their kids and whether they should
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Getting old doesn’t have to be synonymous with vision loss. There is a lot you can do to keep your eyes and vision healthy and prevent age related eye disease and vision loss, especially if you start early. Keeping your eyes healthy and strong may require some lifestyle changes, but the good news is that
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Dr. Chynn was a part of Benz Lisbon bicycle event. Watch the video below for more information.
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James wrote to Dr. Chynn (dr. Chynn’s answers are bold): Emil, What brands and doses do you use for the topical and oral NSAIDs and the topical and oral steroids? The brand of oral NSAID matters not. It’s just for pain relief BC systemic anti-inflammatory. Use generic ibuprofen 800 mg w every meal to prevent GI upset for 5
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Dear David et al Sorry for my delay in responding. I’m visiting my girlfriend’s family in a rural part of Bulgaria wo internet – can you believe that?;) It’s important to always search very carefully for the cause of over and under-corrections, or you won’t really get at the root problem, and might then just
Minas, Clive, et al First of all, I’d like to congratulate Minas on finding an article I had published in Arch Ophth over 20 years ago, that I myself had forgotten about. It does speak to the point that I’ve both performed “real hard” research myself (eg as a PI for the FDA trial for
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Q: I think a lot of this can be simply answered by asking ourselves the following question: If your wife/sister/daughter were pregnant and wanted refractive surgery, would any of us do it? Or wait till post delivery and post nursing? No need for further studies, IMHO. — Kamran A by Emil W. Chynn MD: Kamran
Working with Dr. Chynn as a refractive fellow at PAL is a great experience I will never forget. It’s very hard to summarise all what I gained in such few words. At PAL all staff are multifunction, well trained and continuously educated. Any mistake is analysed in front of all so nothing there is kept
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Q: I would be most thankful if you could give me your precious input in this case. The 35 yo patient had a LASIK in both eyes 8 months ago, in her 1st post op day, she had both eyes dislocated flaps and epithelial ingrowth after that. However, the bilateral weird lesions were found in addition to the epithelial
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If you are unsure about what procedure to choose or need more information please feel free to ask Dr.Chynn one question.
We are the only center in the country allowing you to ask our doctor a question, and he will answer personally.
Dr. Chynn graduated from Dartmouth + Columbia + Harvard + Emory + NYU and has been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Discovery Channel & in the NY Times & Wall St. Journal
He’s performed 1,000 PRKs, 5,000 LASIKs, 10,000 epiLASEKs, 15,000 LASEKs – more than any surgeon in the US
He got LASIK in his right eye & LASEK in his left eye, so is UNIQUELY qualified to tell you the +/-‘s of BOTH procedures – from BOTH a Surgeon’s & Patient’s point-of-view!