Perfuse Therapeutics is conducting trials for the treatment for glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, aiming to restore vision ...

With more options available than ever to treat patients with glaucoma, it has become clearer that treatment needs to occur as ...

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the U.S.A primary screening tool for glaucoma is measurement of IOP. The ...

Although there already are "smart" contact lenses that monitor the eyes for signs of glaucoma, the devices are typically only worn when the patient is awake. A new type of contact lens, however, ...

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can cause a buildup of pressure that damages the optic nerve. Long called the "thief of sight," it's the leading cause of blindness in Black Americans like ...

S.H. ANSWER: Glaucoma is a family of diseases of the optic nerve. The most important risk factor is elevated pressure inside the eye, but it is possible to get glaucoma with normal eye pressure. Not ...

Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) announced that it received EU MDR certification for its iStent Infinite, along with several other ...

Primary open angle glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease have many similarities in pathophysiology and demographics. Could there be a common mechanisms linking the two diseases?

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often became disabled or lost their lives to whooping cough, ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America.

Table 1. Common neurodegenerative changes in glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease. Retinal amyloid-β (Aβ) is increasingly expressed in glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neurotoxic Aβ peptide ...