News tagged with unilateral glaucoma
Glaucoma may be linked to higher rates of reading impairment in older adults
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Glaucoma appears to be associated with slower spoken reading and increased reading impairment in older adults, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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Glaucoma report points to increased costs
Jun 04, 2008 |
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A new Centre for Eye Research Australia/ Access Economics report shows the cost of glaucoma will more than double in the next two decades.
Experts examine causes, treatment and prevention of glaucoma
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Although scientists know progressive degeneration of retinal ganglion cells and their axons is the primary cause of glaucoma, researchers have yet to identify a way to stop or prevent the degeneration.
Medicare expenditures decrease for glaucoma surgery as number of procedures increases
Jul 13, 2009 |
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The overall number of glaucoma surgical procedures appears to be increasing, but payments by Medicare for the procedures have been decreasing, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Blinded by sFRP-1: A WNT signaling protein plays a key role in glaucoma
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Glaucoma is one of the major causes of visual impairment and blindness throughout the world. A major risk factor for the disease is an increase in the pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure [IOP]). IOP is determined by ...
Genetic sleuth solves glaucoma mystery
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Dr. Michael Walter is one good gumshoe. The University of Alberta medical geneticist has cracked the case of WDR36, a gene linked to glaucoma.
Glaucoma procedure now available at Mayo Clinic aims to prevent further eye damage
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 25, 2008 |
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For the first time in Florida, patients with glaucoma have a new treatment option known as the Trabectome. The minimally invasive procedure, which is available at Mayo Clinic and takes about 20 minutes, is designed to decrease ...
Researchers identify gene variant linked to glaucoma
Sep 21, 2009 |
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An international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, has discovered gene variants for glaucoma in a black population. The finding could ...
Study sheds light on genetic differences that cause a childhood eye disease
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have unlocked part of the mystery underlying a childhood eye disease. New research shows how children with some types of glaucoma end up with missing or extra pieces of DNA.
New glaucoma research solves anthropological and medical puzzle
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists studying a rare form of glaucoma have discovered why people in the disparate Roma communities are at greater risk of inheriting a condition leading to permanent blindness than other groups in the population.
Researchers discover novel circulation in human eye, new glaucoma treatment target
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have discovered a previously unidentified form of circulation within the human eye which may provide important new insights ...
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