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The Netra Eye Institute Podcast is dedicated to advancing the understanding of chronic eye diseases through evidence-informed discussions on integrative ophthalmology, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, ocular neuroscience, and emerging vision research. Hosted by Dr. Saikumar Gandapodi, each episode examines the underlying mechanisms that contribute to vision loss and visual dysfunction, including ocular blood flow impairment, neurotrophin deprivation, oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, ferroptosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, excitotoxicity, and neurodegeneration. The podcast ...

For decades, textbooks defined keratoconus as a 'non-inflammatory' degenerative thinning of the cornea. But a growing body of peer-reviewed research is challenging that assumption, revealing elevated inflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and altered protease activity in the tears and corneal tissue of affected patients. In this episode, host Maya Iyer sits down with Dr. Saikumar Gandapodi, Board-Certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Ayurvedic practitioner, and Founder and Director of Netra Eye Institute, to explore why keratoconus may be far more of an ...