Diabetes is becoming much more prevalent around the globe. According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 425 million adults were living with diabetes in the year 2017 and 352 million more people were at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. By 2045 the number of people diagnosed is expected to rise to 629 million. This […]
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Brush Up Before You Dress Up Halloween is one of the most fun times of the year for children and adults alike. When else do you get to dress up as anyone (or anything) you want, socialize with friends and eat lots of treats? Nevertheless, lurking behind those costumes and all that fun are some
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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
Dr. Chynn graduated from Dartmouth + Columbia + Harvard + Emory + NYU & has been on ABC, NBC, CBS & in the NY Times & Wall St. Journal
He’s performed 40,000 LASIK, SMILE, PRK, LASEK, & ICLs. He’s the ONLY eye surgeon in the US who’s had both LASIK & LASEK himself, so knows the pluses & minuses of each!
Dr. Chynn specializes in treating cases which don’t qualify for LASIK, including:
• extreme prescriptions
• thin corneas
• astigmatism
• need for reading glasses
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