Glaucoma

Science Briefs – Edition 47

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What's Inside

  • Retinal cells developed in hope for cure for blindness.
  • Relationship between gut and eyes may have implications for glaucoma.
  • Eye drops could replace surgery for common retinal disease.
  • Hypertension can lead to sudden blindness.
    And, 16 stories about all things science related to blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 45

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What's Inside

  • Vision impairments correlate with dementia.
  • Glaucoma surgery does not result in blindness.
  • Climate change linked to blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 43

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What's Inside

  • Can coffee cause vision impairment?
  • Climate change may be contributing to blindness.
  • Diabetes drug may help with glaucoma.
  • Implants for glaucoma patients.
  • And, about 13 stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 42

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What's Inside

  • Doctors and journalists must fight medical misinformation.
  • Orange banana developed by Gates and others to battle vitamin A issues that cause blindness.
  • Gene therapy to fight glaucoma.
  • And, about ten more stories about all things related to the science and medicine of blindness from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 41

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##What’s Inside

– Will a new GMO with more vitamin A catch on?
– New techniques for early detection and treatment of glaucoma.
– Ophthalmologists lobby for more blindness prevention funding.
– And, about ten stories about the science and medicine of blindness and the prevention thereof.

Science Briefs – Edition 35

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What's Inside

  • Brain structures that can help with sight restoration discovered.
  • Small molecule drugs may help cure some forms of blindness.
  • Warning signs of dying photoreceptor cells.
  • New medication for RP fast tracked.
  • And, 20 other stories about the science and medicine of blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 30

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What's Inside

  • Ocular waste recycling.
  • Is retinal transplant possible with modern medicine?
  • Causes of blindness in children.
  • And, about ten more stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 28

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What's Inside

  • Suicidal ideation among blind patients.
  • Glaucoma tests continue.
  • Possible advancements with AMD.
  • And, one more article about the science and medicine of blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 27

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What's Inside

  • Bogus cures for blindness and debunking myths of glaucoma.
  • One in eight Indians at risk of blindness.
  • How gene editing can prevent vision loss.
  • Large study into rare eye disorders.
  • And, about 20 articles about science, medicine and preventing blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 26

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What's Inside

  • Can blindness be cured?
  • More effective treatment for glaucoma researched.
  • COVID-19 and depression in blind patients.
  • And, about 20 articles about the science and medicine related to blindness from all over the world.