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Glaucoma News

Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Glaucoma- Related News

Medindia provides you with the latest news and research breakthroughs on Glaucoma. Please find 72 such items on this topic.

Genes Behind Common Forms Of Glaucoma Identified
Researchers have identified two genes responsible for glaucoma, the leading cause of blindness and vision loss worldwide. About 2.2 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma. Primary open...

Glaucoma Could Be Averted by `Positive Stress`
Scientists brought forth a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury, which occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease, foremost cause of blindness. Scientists at Washington Un...

Zeroed in X-Ray Treatment of Mice Averts Glaucoma
Demonstration by Jackson Laboratory researchers of that a sole, targeted x-ray treatment of a single eye in young, glaucoma-prone mice granted that eye with apparently life-long and typicall...

Glaucoma Screening Program Benefits Middle-age African-American Patients
National glaucoma screening program proves effective for middle-age African American patients, says study reported in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives j...

Glaucoma Characterized as Neurologic Disorder Instead of an Eye Disease: Study
Fresh perspective to explain glaucoma is fast emerging, and it is inducing brain-based treatment advances that could ultimately conquer the disease known as the `sneak thief of sight`. A rev...

Glaucoma Risk Factors Identified
Gender, age and place of stay play role in glaucoma risk, shows study. Exfoliation syndrome (ES) is an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and in...

Patients With Glaucoma Vision Loss Have Greater Fall Risk
Patients suffering from serious vision loss due to glaucoma could be at significantly higher risk of falling down frequently, according to researchers from Queensland University of Technolog...

Glaucoma Assessment and Treatment may be Improved by Findings from British Study
The way healthcare professionals measure eye pressure may be changed following results from a recent scientific study in the U.K. The latter may also allow them to assess the risk of glaucom...

Early Glaucoma Detection Could Prevent Further Vision Loss
Early detection and diagnosis of open angle glaucoma important so that treatment can be used in the early stages of the disease developing to prevent or avoid further vision loss. Writin...

Canadians Don't Protect Their Eyes from Glaucoma Enough: Lawson Research
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Although it can be treated, new research shows Canadians may not be doing enough to protect themselves. According to a new study ...

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