About 3 million people in the United States have glaucoma, and it’s the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While there is no cure ...

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye's optic nerve and can result in vision loss and even blindness. About 3 million Americans have glaucoma, and it's the second leading cause of ...

Treatment can control the symptoms of the most common type of glaucoma and save someone's vision. The catch is that a person can't feel the changes in eye pressure that can damage vision, so they ...

Glaucoma, a complex group of eye conditions, silently encroaches upon vision, earning its ominous moniker as the "silent thief of sight." As a progressive disease that often manifests without overt ...

Glaucoma, the silent thief of sight, damages the optic nerve without early symptoms, leading to irreversible vision loss.

Notice things seem a little blurrier lately? While some degree of vision change over the years is normal, there are many things you can do to ward off more serious eye troubles like cataracts, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF) today announced the 15th annual Glaucoma 360 event, which unites research, industry, and philanthropy to prevent ...

More than half of people getting a certain type of glaucoma surgery may suffer from temporary, sometimes severe vision loss afterwards, suggests a new study. A smaller proportion, about 8 in every 100 ...

Université de Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Université de Montréal provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Like high blood pressure, glaucoma ...

The first study to compare accident rates for drivers who have advanced glaucoma − an eye disease that affects peripheral vision -- with normal-vision drivers, found that the glaucoma group had ...

The fear of losing vision due to glaucoma can lead to stress and sadness. Research shows that up to one-third of people with visual impairments have mild depression. About 10.7% to 45% of glaucoma ...