An OU Health eye specialist explains who is most at risk, why symptoms are rare, and how early exams can prevent permanent blindness.
The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma - the leading cause of blindness worldwide - has found it has the ability to identify 15 times more people at high risk of ...
Same-visit visual field test and optic nerve head imaging — even with 3D OCT neuroretinal rim minimum distance band thickness — may show different rates of disease progression, suggesting a need for ...
Regardless of whether it is a swept-source or spectral-domain platform, OCT angiography is comparably useful for monitoring ...
Glaucoma is often called the “Silent thief of sight,” as most people miss some of its early warning signs. An ophthalmologist ...
Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. for those over forty, but this disease can develop at earlier ages of life as well. Intraocular pressure, fluid pressure inside the eye, can ...
MARY DUCKETT, a retired baby sitter and janitorial worker, was watching television one evening when she observed something floating in the air. She blinked and rubbed her eyes, but the object remained ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - January 27, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - As cases of glaucoma continue to rise across the United States, ...
Cases of this eye condition are expected to increase to 1.6 million in the UK by 2060.
Most of us don’t think much about our eyes unless something feels off. A headache, a fever, or even blurry vision can send us straight to a doctor, bu.
Frequent visual field testing has been linked to earlier detection of the progression of glaucoma, according to a report in the Archives of Ophthalmology. However, the study added, frequent visual ...
A renewed focus on glaucoma comes with each new year, as January is Glaucoma Awareness Month.Glaucoma has been estimated to ...