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    How quickly does glaucoma progress?

    My optometrist said that he saw signs of glaucoma because of my intraocular pressure and nerves when he saw my eye with a light and I should see an eye doctor. Im in my 20s and still have my full peripheral vision. He didn't do a dilating exam.I have set up an appointment in few weeks but wanted...
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    Protecting The Eye From Glaucoma Using 'Positive Stress'

    Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease that is a leading cause of blindness. Researchers increased the resistance of optic nerve cells...
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    Glaucoma Prevented By Targeted X-Ray Treatment In Mice

    Jackson Laboratory researchers have demonstrated that a single, targeted x-ray treatment of an individual eye in young, glaucoma-prone mice provided that eye with apparently life-long and typically complete protection from glaucoma. In research published March 19 in the Journal of Clinical...
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    $50,000 N.Y. Academy Of Medicine Glaucoma Prize Won By Yucel For Discovery Of Form Of

    Dr. Yeni H. Yucel, an ophthalmic pathologist at St. Michael's Hospital, has won the prestigious 2010 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize from the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Yucel received the $50,000 award for discovering a form of circulation within the human eye that may lead to new treatments...
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    Sunridge Receives Approval For Its Non-Invasive Glaucoma Treatment In China

    Sunridge International (OTC Bulletin Board: SNDZ), announced that China's State Food and Drug Administration, (SFDA), had approved the firm's Pneumatic Trabeculoplasty (PNT) treatment in China. In making the announcement today, Sunridge International's CEO, G. Richard Smith, said that the SFDA...
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    New Evidence That Green Tea May Help Fight Glaucoma And Other Eye Diseases

    Scientists have confirmed that the healthful substances found in green tea - renowned for their powerful antioxidant and disease-fighting properties - do penetrate into tissues of the eye. Their new report, the first documenting how the lens, retina, and other eye tissues absorb these...
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    Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler Honored With Catalyst Award At Glaucoma Research Foundatio

    Jeffrey B. Kindler received the 2010 Catalyst Award, the Glaucoma Research Foundation's highest honor, acknowledging his exemplary leadership in sustaining innovative research and education. Mr. Kindler is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Pfizer Inc., the world's largest...
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    Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler Honored With Catalyst Award At Glaucoma Research Foundatio

    Jeffrey B. Kindler received the 2010 Catalyst Award, the Glaucoma Research Foundation's highest honor, acknowledging his exemplary leadership in sustaining innovative research and education. Mr. Kindler is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Pfizer Inc., the world's largest...
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    I have Glaucoma in both eyes.?

    I am working in office age is 42 years and right now diagnosed Glaucoma on both eyes. treatment suggest only drops one time a day. i am warring because i am working on computer, should i continue my work or ? what is good food for this disease.
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