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05 May 2024

Why Glaucoma Being Called 'The Silent Thief Of Sight'?

Glaucoma is often referred to as the "silent thief of sight" because it typically progresses slowly and without noticeable symptoms until significant vision loss occurs. Glaucoma typically affects peripheral vision initially, gradually narrowing the field of vision over time. As glaucoma advances, individuals may experience blurred or hazy vision, particularly in low-light conditions or at night.

12 Mar 2024

World Glaucoma Day 2024: How Diabetes Can Put Your Vision at Risk?

On World Glaucoma Day, let's take a step back to understand the silent killer of vision and the interplay it may have with your health. Expert shares views, read more.

World Glaucoma Day

12 Mar 2024

World Glaucoma Day 2024: 10 Tips To Protect Your Vision

Make sure that you get your eyes checked with an eye care professional at least once every two years Having a healthy lifestyle can benefit overall eye health and reduce the risk of developing glaucoma Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can affect the health of the skin, cataracts and other eye conditions

10 Jan 2024

Glaucoma: Lack Of Timely Treatment Can Cause Blindness - Check Risks, Symptoms

Gradual loss of peripheral vision is a symptom of glaucoma Age, family history, and ethnicity can be responsible for the development of glaucoma Use eye drops or oral medications to reduce intraocular pressure, as suggested by doctor

08 Sep 2023

Eye Health: Elderly People Might Have Glaucoma Without Realizing It - Study

Glaucoma is a common eye disease that damages the optic nerve and thereby the field of vision.

04 Jun 2023

Glaucoma Care: Caregivers Role In Helping Patients Cope With The Condition

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can cause blindness and we bring you ways in which the family, primary caregiver and counsellors can adopt to provide better care to loved ones with this condition.

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14 Apr 2023

High Blood Sugar: How Diabetes Can Affect Eyes, Expert Explains

Diabetes can increase the risk of other eye problems Diabetes can cause changes in vision People with diabetes should get regular eye check-ups

Glaucoma awareness

11 Mar 2023

Myth Buster: Debunking 5 Common Misconceptions About Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a complex eye disease that can cause progressive damage to the optic nerve, leading to irreversible vision loss and blindness. Let`s debunk the most common myths about glaucoma.

Glaucoma Awareness Month

31 Jan 2023

Childhood Glaucoma: Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Prevention and Treatment

Glaucoma is often known as the "silent thief of sight." Let`s investigate the causes and prevention of glaucoma in children this Glaucoma Awareness Month so that everyone can have healthy vision.

26 Nov 2019

Air pollution can cause blindness: Study

The findings, published in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, found that people in neighbourhoods with higher amounts of fine particulate matter pollution were at least six per cent more likely to report having glaucoma than those in the least-polluted areas.

12 Mar 2018

World Glaucoma Week 2018: Types and symptoms of the eye disease

Glaucoma is found very common in older adults and can lead to loss of vision if left untreated.

15 Dec 2017

Can a cup of hot tea every day keep glaucoma away?

The new findings show that lifestyle changes could help prevent vision loss from glaucoma.

03 Oct 2017

Gene editing method could prevent glaucoma

Researchers found that removing the mutated protein by disrupting the mutant myociln results in lowered intraocular pressure, which in turn prevents glaucomatous damage to the eye.

06 May 2017

Researchers identify potential predictor of glaucoma damage

Researchers idendified a marker of damage to cells in the eye which could be used to monitor progression of glaucoma and the effectiveness of the treatment.

05 May 2017

This pair of smart contact lens may diagnose diabetes, glaucoma

Since blood sugar can be measured with tears, many attempts have been made to monitor diabetes with contact lenses. However, their biggest drawback has been poor wearability.

30 Apr 2017

New eye test may detect early signs of glaucoma

Glaucoma affects an estimated 60 million people in the world, with one in 10 suffering total sight loss in both the eyes.

20 Mar 2017

How smoking causes glaucoma, other eye diseases

Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to eye’s optic nerve and gets worse over time.

12 Mar 2017

Telangana Governor calls for creating awareness about glaucoma

Currently, in India, every 8th individual, or nearly 40 million aged 40 years or older, either has glaucoma or is at risk of developing the disease, the release said.

03 Jan 2017

This new retinal imaging technique could detect onset of vision loss

A new non-invasive retinal imaging technique has been developed by researchers that could prevent vision loss in diseases like glaucoma.

27 Jul 2016

Stem cells injection could ward off glaucoma

The influx of cells regenerated the tiny, delicate patch of tissue known as the trabecular meshwork, which serves as a drain for the eyes to avoid fluid buildup.

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