The Abia State government has declared free eye tests for all citizens of the state to determine whether their eyes are free from glaucoma. The state-wide test, which will be conducted across seven ...

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Same-visit visual field test and optic nerve head imaging — even with 3D OCT neuroretinal rim minimum distance band thickness — may show different rates of disease progression, suggesting a need for ...

The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma - the leading cause of blindness worldwide - has found it has the ability to identify 15 times more people at high risk of ...

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 ...

MARY DUCKETT, a retired baby sitter and janitorial worker, was watching television one evening when she observed something floating in the air. She blinked and rubbed her eyes, but the object remained ...

July 15 (UPI) --A new genetic test for glaucoma is 15 times more accurate at identifying people at high risk for the eye disease than existing diagnostics, a study published Thursday by JAMA ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Angling a patient’s face can negate the effect of facial contour on visual field testing. AI may help predict ...

Seonix Bio, a leader in the development of genetic testing for glaucoma, today announced the U.S. launch of SightScore, the first commercially available clinical polygenic risk score testing service ...

Glaucoma is a chronic condition that affects cells at the back of the eye. It is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, and is responsible for 1 in 10 cases of serious sight impairment ...

The disease is usually related to unhealthy pressure inside the eye, but often, symptoms are so subtle people don't even know they have it until it begins to steal their sight. An at home test could ...