Glaucoma and Marijuana
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Medical Marijuana as Glaucoma Treatment
geteyesmart.org — “Medical marijuana is promoted as a treatment for many diseases, including glaucoma. But does it really work?” View full resource at geteyesmart.org
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 8:30 pm By:
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Can medical marijuana help Glaucoma patients? Maybe, but the benefit is short-lived with many side effects. http://t.co/QABNrHNs
Should You Be Smoking Marijuana To Treat Your Glaucoma? | Glaucoma Research Foundation
glaucoma.org — “Should You Be Smoking Marijuana To Treat Your Glaucoma? | Glaucoma Research Foundation” View full resource at glaucoma.org
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excellent results.
Education & Training
After graduating with top honors from the University of Southern California (USC), he received the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship to attend Harvard Medical School. While in medical school, he accepted a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health to study visual cognition. Dr. Richardson then completed an internal medicine internship at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, which was followed by ophthalmology training at LAC+USC/Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles – one of the top ophthalmology residencies in the country.
Experience & Specialization
Dr. Richardson joined the San Gabriel Valley Eye Associates in 1999 and became San Gabriel’s first ophthalmologist to use such modern technologies as the accommodating Crystalens (with cataract surgery) and the iTrack microcatheter (canaloplasty glaucoma surgery). Dr. Richardson is among an elite group of glaucoma specialists in the country performing the highly specialized canaloplasty procedure. Patients have traveled from as far away as Mumbai, India to have canaloplasty by Dr. Richardson.
Dr. Richardson not only performs canaloplasty, he also teaches other surgeons how to do so. As one of the leading canaloplasty surgeons he regularly gives talks at the national meetings of eye surgeons. As part of his quest to make this safer glaucoma surgery available to glaucoma patients throughout the world, he is often asked to fly out to teach individual doctors how best to incorporate canaloplasty into their practices. Dr. Richardson was recently included among a panel of respected glaucoma surgeons whose goal was to find ways to make it easier for other eye surgeons to learn how to perform canaloplasty. You can read what this panel had to say here.
To learn more about Dr. David D. Richardson, visit http://david-richardson-md.com." /> David Richardson, MD - Glaucoma and Canaloplasty Surgeon Physician, Active Health Library, Doctor, and Ophthalmologist
Should You Be Smoking Marijuana To Treat Your Glaucoma? http://t.co/W0Z1kOky
The Eye Information Blog » Marijuana (pot , weed , ganja ); Good for Your Eyes? Good for Glaucoma? What’s the Real Deal?
youreyesite.net — “The Eye Information Blog » Marijuana (pot , weed , ganja ); Good for Your Eyes? Good for Glaucoma? What’s the Real Deal?” View full resource at youreyesite.net
Most Recently Shared on February 26, 2011 at 7:32 pm By:
Dr. Alan Glazier Doctor and Optometrist
Is #Marijuana good for your #eyes? http://youreyesite.net/?p=3264 #pot #weed #ganja #cannabis
More Americans Than Ever Now Support Marijuana Legalization « Doctors Online | News | Celebrity Doctors | Profiles | Vitals Spotlight
spotlight.vitals.com — “Doctors Online | News | Celebrity Doctors | Profiles | Vitals Spotlight - More Americans Than Ever Now Support Marijuana Legalization” View full resource at spotlight.vitals.com
Most Recently Shared on October 18, 2011 at 8:56 pm By:
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More Americans Than Ever Now Support Marijuana Legalization #Glaucoma #marijuana http://t.co/VYI2KpMb
The Eye Information Blog » Marijuana (pot , weed , ganja ); Good for Your Eyes? Good for Glaucoma? What’s the Real Deal?
youreyesite.net — “The Eye Information Blog » Marijuana (pot , weed , ganja ); Good for Your Eyes? Good for Glaucoma? What’s the Real Deal?” View full resource at youreyesite.net
Most Recently Shared on March 25, 2011 at 7:32 pm By:
Dr. Alan Glazier Doctor and Optometrist
Does getting high help your #eye? http://youreyesite.net/?p=3264 #marijuana #pot #weed #cannabis
Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “Cancer patients, glaucoma patients and others can benefit from medical marijuana, and now a new analysis shows that it can help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients” View full resource at drugs.com
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Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients - http://bit.ly/7ksqMT
Medical pot prescribed mostly for aches, pains | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
freep.com — “It's not cancer or Alzheimer's or glaucoma that had droves of Michiganders going to doctors over the past two years to get certified to use medical marijuana. The vast majority of about 64,000 people authorized to use marijuana as medicine have unspecified ailments that cause severe and chronic pain, muscle spasms and nausea, state data obtained by the Free Press show.” View full resource at freep.com
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Medical pot prescribed mostly for aches, pains http://bit.ly/f37omV
A Brief History of Medical Marijuana - TIME
time.com — “On Oct. 19, the U.S. Justice Department announced that federal prosecutors would not pursue medical-marijuana users and distributors who comply with state laws, formalizing a policy at which the Obama...” View full resource at time.com
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A Brief History of Medical Marijuana - TIME
time.com — “On Oct. 19, the U.S. Justice Department announced that federal prosecutors would not pursue medical-marijuana users and distributors who comply with state laws, formalizing a policy at which the Obama...” View full resource at time.com
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RT @TIME A brief history of medical marijuana http://su.pr/2jEZ46
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excellent results.
Education & Training
After graduating with top honors from the University of Southern California (USC), he received the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship to attend Harvard Medical School. While in medical school, he accepted a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health to study visual cognition. Dr. Richardson then completed an internal medicine internship at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, which was followed by ophthalmology training at LAC+USC/Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles – one of the top ophthalmology residencies in the country.
Experience & Specialization
Dr. Richardson joined the San Gabriel Valley Eye Associates in 1999 and became San Gabriel’s first ophthalmologist to use such modern technologies as the accommodating Crystalens (with cataract surgery) and the iTrack microcatheter (canaloplasty glaucoma surgery). Dr. Richardson is among an elite group of glaucoma specialists in the country performing the highly specialized canaloplasty procedure. Patients have traveled from as far away as Mumbai, India to have canaloplasty by Dr. Richardson.
Dr. Richardson not only performs canaloplasty, he also teaches other surgeons how to do so. As one of the leading canaloplasty surgeons he regularly gives talks at the national meetings of eye surgeons. As part of his quest to make this safer glaucoma surgery available to glaucoma patients throughout the world, he is often asked to fly out to teach individual doctors how best to incorporate canaloplasty into their practices. Dr. Richardson was recently included among a panel of respected glaucoma surgeons whose goal was to find ways to make it easier for other eye surgeons to learn how to perform canaloplasty. You can read what this panel had to say here.
To learn more about Dr. David D. Richardson, visit http://david-richardson-md.com." />David Richardson, MD - Glaucoma and Canaloplasty Surgeon
Eye Surgeon | Los Angeles | Glaucoma and Canaloplasty Surgeon
Dr. David Richardson is a Southern California board certified eye surgeon specializing in the treatment of Cataract and Glaucoma. He is also the medical director of San Gabriel Valley Eye Associates, located in Pasadena, California. Dr. Richardson has performed thousands of advanced cataract and Canaloplasty procedures with excellent results.
Education & Training
After graduating with top honors from the University of Southern California (USC), he received the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship to attend Harvard Medical School. While in medical school, he accepted a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health to study visual cognition. Dr. Richardson then completed an internal medicine internship at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, which was followed by ophthalmology training at LAC+USC/Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles – one of the top ophthalmology residencies in the country.
Experience & Specialization
Dr. Richardson joined the San Gabriel Valley Eye Associates in 1999 and became San Gabriel’s first ophthalmologist to use such modern technologies as the accommodating Crystalens (with cataract surgery) and the iTrack microcatheter (canaloplasty glaucoma surgery). Dr. Richardson is among an elite group of glaucoma specialists in the country performing the highly specialized canaloplasty procedure. Patients have traveled from as far away as Mumbai, India to have canaloplasty by Dr. Richardson.
Dr. Richardson not only performs canaloplasty, he also teaches other surgeons how to do so. As one of the leading canaloplasty surgeons he regularly gives talks at the national meetings of eye surgeons. As part of his quest to make this safer glaucoma surgery available to glaucoma patients throughout the world, he is often asked to fly out to teach individual doctors how best to incorporate canaloplasty into their practices. Dr. Richardson was recently included among a panel of respected glaucoma surgeons whose goal was to find ways to make it easier for other eye surgeons to learn how to perform canaloplasty. You can read what this panel had to say here.
To learn more about Dr. David D. Richardson, visit http://david-richardson-md.com. -
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