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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 nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) tends to be lower in people with glaucoma compared to those without the eye disease, ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- July 16, 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 patients for glaucoma and retinal disease, researchers report Feb. 22 in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.
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- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- February 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.
Researchers have identified three gene variants that could be fueling Black people's higher glaucoma risk, according to findings ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 23, 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 glaucoma, a buildup of fluid in the front part of the eye increases pre...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- 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 trial at a Midwest heart hospital found no need for it.
"Requiring all patients to fast for six hours or longer ha...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- 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 review of the data showed.
That's far lower than rates of regret about any kind of surgery among cisgender people (peo...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- January 2, 2024
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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 degeneration (AMD), say a team reporting Dec. 28 in the journal
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 the disease before being examined,"said study author
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, unless they've been seeing an eye doctor regularly.
One vision expert encourages people to not wait for that pressur...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- July 14, 2023
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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 can be a more serious issue that can be treated," said
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 sleep and vision loss.
Glaucoma is marked by progressive loss of light-sensitive cells in the eye and optic nerve dama...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- November 2, 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 independent risk factor for
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 in those without vision issues. Cognitive impairment is a general term for problems with thinking and memory.
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- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- June 29, 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 group of eye diseases that cause progressive vision loss through damage to the optic nerve. It is the second-leading cause o...
- Cara Murez
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- January 10, 2022
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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, researchers in China said. However, one other common eye ailment, glaucoma, was not linked to dementia risk.
The new stu...
- Steven Reinberg and Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporters
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- September 17, 2021
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