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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified 107 genes that increase a person's risk of developing the eye disease glaucoma, and now developed a genetic test to detect those at risk of going blind from it. The ...

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 ...

Building relationships with ophthalmologists and other health care providers is not only a good business practice — it 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 ...

UNSW Australia scientists have developed a testing protocol that identifies the blinding eye disease glaucoma four years earlier than current techniques. The patented method involves patients looking ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Black and multiracial children had significantly lower ...

Medicare covers glaucoma screening under Part B. For Medicare to cover it, the screening needs to be done or supervised by a doctor who is legally qualified and who accepts Medicare. Glaucoma is not ...

A new screening test that takes less than a minute is making it possible to diagnosis glaucoma earlier than ever before. The test is part of a new arsenal of diagnostic procedures and drug treatments ...

Researchers have identified 107 genes that increase a person's risk of developing the eye disease glaucoma, and now developed a genetic test to detect those at risk of going blind from it. Researchers ...