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16 Jul
How to Predict Who Will Respond to Glaucoma Treatment -- and Who Won't
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2024
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An experimental blood test might be able to predict whether glaucoma patients will continue to lose their vision following treatment, researchers report.
A biochemical called nicot...
23 Feb
AI Outperforms Eye Docs in Managing Glaucoma
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 23, 2024
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FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 (HealthDay news) -- Artificial intelligence can match and even outperform human eye doctors in diagnosing and treating glaucoma, a new study finds.
The GPT-4 system from OpenAI did as well or better than ophthalmologists in assessing 20 different pa...
23 Jan
Black People Far More Likely to Get Glaucoma, and Genes May Explain Why
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 23, 2024
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Black people are five times as likely as others to develop glaucoma and up to 15 times more likely to be blinded by the degenerative eye disease.
Now, a new study reports that genetics appears to be at least one factor contributing to this increased risk.
Researche...
02 Jan
Know the Facts About Glaucoma
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2024
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Glaucoma can steal your sight before you even realize it, and early diagnosis is the best way to prevent it.
Many of the 3 million Americans who have glaucoma are unaware of it because they have no symptoms, according to the Glaucoma Foundation. In
02 Jan
Do You Really Need to Fast Before a Common Cardiac Test?
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2024
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Prolonged fasting before an internal heart exam done under sedation may be unnecessary, new research suggests.
Typically, patients undergoing coronary artery catherization are told to take nothing by mouth after midnight before the procedure, but a randomized controlled ...
02 Jan
Regret After Gender-Affirming Surgery Is Largely a Myth, Experts Say
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2024
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Despite a common belief in the medical community and elsewhere, the vast majority of people who undergo gender-affirming surgery do not regret it later.
In all, less than 1% of people who underwent gender-affirming surgery said they wished they hadn't done it, a new revi...
29 Dec
Poor Vision & Falls: A Deadly Combo for Seniors
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 29, 2023
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Seniors with vision issues are at much higher risk for dangerous falls, new research confirms.
Compared to seniors with good vision, the odds for a fall rose by 38% for seniors with glaucoma, 36% for those with cataracts and 25% for seniors with age-related macular degen...
08 Sep
Some With Glaucoma May Not Even Know They Have It
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 8, 2023
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New Swedish research suggests that up to 5% of 70-year-olds have glaucoma, and half of those diagnosed didn't even know they had the disease.
"Of those who were diagnosed with glaucoma via the study, 15 people -- or 2.7% of all participants -- were unaware that they had...
14 Jul
Glaucoma: Spotting It Early Is Crucial
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 14, 2023
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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 often won't know they even have it before it's too late.
That is, un...
06 Nov
Vision Is Vulnerable With Age: Here's What to Look For
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 6, 2022
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Routine eye checks can help ensure seniors know if they're developing any age-related vision issues.
An expert from Baylor College of Medicine spells out what seniors need to know.
"Don't blame vision issues on just aging eyes. Get your eyes checked out because it ...
02 Nov
Bad Sleep Might Raise Your Odds for Glaucoma
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 2, 2022
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Poor sleep may be linked to glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, new research suggests.
The study drew on a database of more than 400,000 people to explore links between slee...
26 Jul
Black Patients More Likely to Lose Vision After Glaucoma Diagnosis
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 26, 2022
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Black patients should start screening early for glaucoma, because they have a high risk of vision loss caused by elevated pressure levels inside the eye, researchers say.
A team from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai found that African heritage was an indepen...
29 Jun
Vision Issues Could Raise Odds for Dementia
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 29, 2022
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Untreated vision loss may put an older adult at an increased risk for dementia, though it's not clear why, according to a new study.
Researchers found that the likelihood of having some form of cognitive impairment was 137% higher in seniors who had trouble seeing than i...
10 Jan
Want to Avoid Glaucoma? Look at What You Eat
- Cara Murez
- January 10, 2022
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Eat right to protect your sight.
That's the advice of the Glaucoma Research Foundation, which offers its recipe for healthier eyes.
Glaucoma is grou...
17 Sep
Common Eye Conditions Tied to Higher Risk for Dementia
- Steven Reinberg and Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporters
- September 17, 2021
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Diseases that can rob you of vision as you age also appear to be tied to an increased risk for dementia, a new study finds.
Specifically, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetes-related eye disease were linked with a higher likelihood of dementia, resear...