Category Archives: Research

Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia and the Eye

Eyes and Brain Have Much in Common The relationship between brain tissue and eye tissue is an area of intense interest for ophthalmologists and neurologists. The brain has a critical role in taking the visual information your eye gathers and putting it together into a picture that you can understand. And the optic nerve directly…
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New Allergy Study Starting Soon

Starting soon, Dr. Jay Rubin, M.D. of Eye Clinics of South Texas in San Antonio will be conducting a new allergy study to evaluate the effectiveness of a new investigational eye drop for treating signs and symptoms of eye allergies. See below for complete information or view an informational PDF. Please contact 210-826-2012 to find out…
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Current Research Projects

We are currently recruiting patients for two clinical/pharmaceutical projects at the Eye Clinics of South Texas. Patients who have glaucoma or ocular hypertension on no medication or only on Latanoprost, Xalatan, Travatan or Lumigan.  Patients  recently diagnosed with chalazion’s for a new treatment format for chalazions. A chalazion is a slowly developing lump that forms…
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