Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW YORK — It is important to obtain a careful assessment of visual functional status, corneal thickness and ...

“We’re still looking for ‘the’ procedure of glaucoma surgery, kind of like the phaco of glaucoma,” said Mark Packer, MD, of Eugene, Ore. In this article, Ocular Surgery News reviews some of 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 ...

Surgery is considered when medications aren’t enough to treat glaucoma. Surgical options include trabeculectomy, tube shunt implantation, MIGS, and cyclophotocoagulation, each of which aims to lower ...

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (WPVI) -- A new procedure is helping to preserve vision for some people with glaucoma. Glaucoma is a silent thief, affecting 3 million Americans, slowly robbing them of their sight.

Expert panelists review the use of MIGS and other channel procedures in patients with glaucoma. Neil Minkoff, MD: What about something newer like MIGS [minimally invasive glaucoma surgery] therapy or ...

In a new article, scientists explain how tears ejected from the eye during a procedure that tests for glaucoma can theoretically transmit disease. A common eye test could expel tear droplets up to a ...

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 ...

Key questions to ask an ophthalmologist about your diagnosis, treatment options, recovery, costs, and long-term care so you ...

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 ...

Scientists have developed a testing protocol that identifies the blinding eye disease glaucoma four years earlier than current techniques. UNSW Australia scientists have developed a testing protocol ...