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Eye Care America is offering free or no out-of-pocket expense eye exams. They will be available in eye clinics all over the country, so be sure to check out their website to find a match near you. Minorities such as African Americans, Asians and Hispanics have the highest risk for glaucoma and other eye diseases. [...]
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Diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma are two of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. For diabetics, retinopathy is the leading cause. Diabetic retinopathy is the result of microvascular retinal changes in the eye. New veins and capillaries begin to grow. However, these new growths aren’t healthy, and often bleed, which causes the customary [...]
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Researchers following up on glaucoma treatment with a group of older glaucoma patients found that forty-four percent of them had fallen within the last year. Thirty-one percent of those falls resulted in injury, although thankfully no serious injuries such as broken bones. The patients who fell the most were those who had lost vision in [...]
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Glaucoma is a serious eye disease which can result in vision loss and even blindness if not treated. It is incurable, but can be controlled with glaucoma medication such as a prescription ophthalmic solution (usually latanoprost drops). However, some glaucoma patients may hope to enhance the effect or reduce the use of their ophthalmic solutions [...]
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The National Eye Institute supported research studies to investigate if marijuana was effective as a glaucoma treatment for six years from 1978 to 1984. Those and other studies established that some derivatives of marijuana did indeed lower intraocular eye pressure when taken orally, intravenously or through the lungs as smoke. But there was no reduction [...]
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Frequent visual field testing may help doctors detect progression of the eye disease glaucoma at an earlier stage, a new study says. It’s important to identify patients whose disease is progressing faster so that they can receive more aggressive treatment or more frequent follow-up, the researchers explained. Their study, published online Aug. 8 in the [...]
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The University of Illinois Eye and Ear infirmary publishes an informative online newsletter called The Eye Digest. The Eye Digest provides free access to the latest medical information on eye disease in order to empower people to take control of and make informed decisions about their vision health. All information on the Eye Digest site [...]
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Trabectome is a relatively new minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat mild to moderate open angle glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve usually caused by a build up of fluid in the eye, due to the blockage of the eye’s drainage pathways. The high intraocular eye pressure caused by the build up [...]
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Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the United States. That fact can send shivers down even the heartiest spine. Any ailment that can affect your vision, oft considered the most important of the five senses, can seem scary, and rightly so. As our parents always told us growing up, to understand [...]
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High eye pressure, which is also called high intraocular pressure, can increase the risk of a person getting glaucoma, and generic Xalatan is very effective in reducing this risk. High pressure can damage the optic nerve. The problem is that very often, the pressure cannot be felt in the eye. Initial symptoms are not evident, [...]
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