Glaucoma is among the leading cause of permanent vision loss in most regions of the world. Damage to the optic nerve fibers resulting from glaucoma causes optic nerve cupping, which results in loss of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . "The value of both visual fields and optic nerve imaging is to better detect changes in the patient," said ...

DENVER – Optic nerve evaluations for glaucoma must include optic disc size evaluations, according to a speaker here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting. Perspective from Blair Lonsberry, OD, ...

At the center of the image is an optic nerve with glaucoma damage, signified by loss of color and a round rim of pink tissue within the nerve. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Glaucoma is the most common cause of blindness in older adults. The condition involves damage to the eye’s optic nerve, and without treatment, it can lead to vision loss or blindness. Glaucoma is a ...

To investigate whether pharmacological mydriasis influences interobserver agreement or within-observer agreement (comparing estimates made before and after dilation) in the evaluation of the optic ...

Researchers used gene therapy to regenerate damaged axons in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. In ...

Ophthalmology trainees and comprehensive ophthalmologists who participated in an Internet-based multinational study to assess optic discs were about twice as likely to underestimate as to overestimate ...

Glaucoma is when the optic nerve in the eye becomes damaged. The different stages of narrow angle glaucoma relate to the extent of the damage to the optic nerve and the level of pressure in the eye.

Glaucoma is a disease that damages the optic nerve, which connects your eye to your brain so you can see. The condition usually is due to your eye pressure being too high. But the "normal-tension" ...

What's behind the progressive lens dislocation that has affected this 32-year-old woman for the past 16 years? The patient, who was African American, presented with significant vision loss in her left ...