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

Researchers analyzed 92 patients above the age of 50 between April and August 2015. They divided those patients into three groups based on their condition: primary open-angle glaucoma (high pressure); ...

Nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors use remained significantly associated with an increased risk for developing primary open-angle glaucoma after adjustment for family history.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Decreases in mental health scores after glaucoma diagnosis may be associated with fears of vision loss or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Slower visual field loss in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma was linked to greater physical activity, ...

Researchers have predicted that cases of glaucoma, a common eye condition that can lead to blindness if not treated, are expected to increase around the world in the coming years.

“Glaucoma was associated [with] an increased risk of dementia using a demographically matched control cohort and adjusting for comorbidities. Our results align with previous meta-analyses that ...

In glaucoma patients, sleeping with two stacked pillows was linked to slightly higher intraocular pressure (IOP) compared to sleeping with no pillows. The findings of the observational study ...