Friday, March 06, 2015

Today’s Friday Pearl focuses on Glaucoma Awareness and a review just published in Current Opinion in Ophthalmology entitled, “Exfoliation syndrome: a disease with an environmental component.”  We found this particularly interesting because we strongly believe that environmental issues, including appropriate dietary intake, supplements and fitness play a huge role in disease prevention and eye and full body health, including glaucoma.

Friday, February 06, 2015

According to recent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Americans, on average, only eat about one serving of fruit and one or two servings of vegetables on a typical day.

Friday, January 30, 2015

Zinc supplementation continues to be controversial and Biosyntrx follows this science closely.

Friday, January 23, 2015

In developing a second patented three layer tear-film-specific formula for oral administration, the female lead Biosyntrx science team included the nutrient co-factors suggested necessary to address dry eye syndrome by physiologic rather than pharmacological means.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Biosyntrx has announced that the company will present Jeff Rutgard, MD, the first Biosyntrx Thornton Humanitarian Award on January 18 at the 2015 Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting (Grand Wailea Hotel, Maui, HI). The award will be presented during the Hawaiian Eye Foundation portion of the Sunday morning session.

Friday, January 02, 2015

It seems appropriate that our first 2015 Friday Pearl responds to an article titled "Ocular Nutritional Supplements - Are Their Ingredients and Manufacturers Claims Evidence-Based?" It was published in the November 20, 2014 online issue of Ophthalmology. 

Friday, December 19, 2014

A study conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine,Tokyo, Japan on physical activity effects on dry eyes was just published in the Journal of Ophthalmology. 

Friday, December 12, 2014

The holidays can be stressful, even for those of us who claim to truly love this season. It's important to note that a clinical relationship exists between phychosocial factors and secretory immunoglobulin A (sigA), an antibody that's part of the human body's first defense and integral to a healthy immune system.

Friday, December 05, 2014

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that our body’s gene expression pattern distinguishes between the sense of well-being derived from a profound noble purpose versus simple self-gratification. 

Friday, November 21, 2014

I follow Alzheimer’s research closely since many of the genes involved are also associated with macular degeneration and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases. A couple of years ago, one of my favorite English journals called the New Scientist included a blockbuster story that teased out the connection between Alzheimer’s and sugar.