Glaucoma Archives

Researchers Predict Number of Americans with Diabetic Retinopathy Will Soar By 2050

The number of Americans with diabetic retinopathy is expected to increase from 5.5 million to 16 million by the year 2050. Diabetic retinopathy is damage to the retina caused by complications of diabetes, which can eventually lead to blindness. Researchers used data from the National Health Interview Survey and the…
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Survey Shows That Americans Lack Significant Knowledge of Age-Related Vision Problems, Particularly Macular degeneration and Glaucoma

According to the AOA's American Eye-Q(R) survey, which assesses public knowledge and understanding of issues related to eye and visual health, only 18 percent of Americans know that macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in adults 65 years of age and older, and less than a quarter of…
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Discovery of Lymph Channels in Eye May Help Glaucoma

A Canadian research team has uncovered lymph channels in the eye, a find that could lead the way to improved treatments for glaucoma and possibly other eye diseases. Previously lymph channels were not believed to be associated with the part of the eye related to glaucoma. The lymphatic system consists…
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Increasing antioxidants may help Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PES)

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PES) is an eye condition that leads to glaucoma. This condition has been called this because deposits on the surface of the lens look like flakes of dandruff, as if the lens capsule has exfoliated (shed the flakes). This is due to parts of the eye creating these…
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High-Risk Glaucoma Patients: Risk Factors

Damage to Hemifields Scientists have determined that glaucoma patients who have damage to both hemifields (half of the visual field) of their eye will experience more rapid progression of the disease than patients who have damage to a single hemifield. The study, published in the September 2009 journal Archives of…
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Studies Show Relationship of Blood Pressure and Glaucoma

Glaucoma may continue to progress after the reduction of IOP to targeted levels. Research is providing increasing support for the idea that vascular risk factors may be the cause. Several population-based studies have suggested that low diastolic perfusion pressure is associated with an increased incidence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG). Perfusion…
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Aerobic Exercise Beneficial for Glaucoma Patients

Scientists in Greece have released results of a study in which they questioned whether there should be limits on exercise with regard to effects on inter-ocular pressure (IOP) of the eyes. This study, published in the August issue of BMC Ophthalmology, found that people with glaucoma do not need to limit exercise,…
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New Glaucoma Treatments May be on the Horizon

Glaucoma Eye Drops A team of Italian researchers may have developed a new type of eye drop for glaucoma treatment, according to an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Researchers noted that elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma leads to loss of retinal ganglion cells…
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New Contact Lenses Deliver Medication to the Eye

New technology may replace eye drops currently used by people suffering from glaucoma and dry-eye. Studies have found that a majority of glaucoma patients regularly skip their eye drops, putting themselves at risk for blindness, and that even when drops are used regularly, only a small percentage of the medication…
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Heavy Computer Use and Glaucoma

A 2004 cross-sectional study in 9124 Japanese workers indicated that there was a possible association between heavy computer users and glaucoma visual field abnormalities. In other words - if you use computers heavily, ie, programers, software engineers, gamers, The study looked at typical daily computer use, as well as long-term…
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