By: Dr Digvijay Singh Cataracts and glaucoma are two eye ailments frequently encountered by people in the later years of life ...

More than 4.2 million Americans live with glaucoma, a leading cause of vision loss in the nation. Although there is no cure ...

They are also studying how patients respond to surgical intervention over a long-term period. Their findings related to glaucoma could have implications for other kinds of vision loss caused by ...

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness, silently affecting thousands of South Africans and many people worldwide. This eye condition causes damage to the optic nerve, typically due to ...

Glaucoma is a silent disease that leads to blindness. However, 90% of blindness cases caused by glaucoma could be prevented ...

Heatwaves can cause a major risk to your eyes - increasing the likelihood of eye strokes due to dehydration and thickened ...

“In its early stages, glaucoma, which involves fluid accumulation in the eye leading to increased IOP and optic nerve damage, might cause permanent vision loss without noticeable symptoms ...

Glaucoma, a chronic eye disease, gradually damages the optic nerve, without showing any symptoms, but slowly leading to vision loss and even blindness, if left untreated. Nearly 90% of glaucoma cases ...

Glaucoma is an eye condition that is marked by increased intraocular pressure (IOP) that may later cause vision loss. The condition rarely presents symptoms in its early stage. Nevertheless ...

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness, with a prevalence of 70.7 lakh people globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Glaucoma is an eye ...

which progresses slowly and remains unnoticed until significant vision loss occurs, and angle-closure glaucoma, which causes a sudden rise in eye pressure and requires urgent treatment.

Cortisol the hormone released due to stress might be a potential factor in increasing the risk of glaucoma Learn how higher cortisol levels affect eye health and how to mitigate the risk ...