Eyes are the windows to the world, but vision can decline with age or other factors. Impairment of the eye’s drainage system can lead to elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Over time, increased IOP ...

Gene editing could be used to treat millions of glaucoma patients. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, characterized by high pressure inside the eye. Patients often rely on daily eye drops to ...

Sleeping without pillows may help lower high internal eye pressure, build-up of which causes optic nerve damage and glaucoma-the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide–in people with the ...

It's one of the most common causes of vision loss, and one of the easiest to overlook. Glaucoma symptoms develop so gradually that many people don't realize their sight is slipping away until ...

Statin use was associated with a higher likelihood of glaucoma in adults with hyperlipidemia, even those whose "bad" cholesterol was at optimal levels, according to a cross-sectional, population-based ...

The so-called “high-pillow sleeping position” can result in elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) values and decreased ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) in patients with glaucoma compared with the supine ...

Shuchi Patel, MD: Good afternoon, Dr. Ruth Williams. Thank you so much for taking the time to have a discussion with us regarding a topic that is of emerging interest. Today we're going to talk about ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old woman in good health. I walk daily. The only prescribed medications I am on are two different eye drops for glaucoma. My eye pressure is under control; I have it ...

AI (artificial intelligence) that is trained to recognize red flags in retinal images and clinical information can predict if and when people at high risk of glaucoma, usually referred to as "glaucoma ...