Physical Fitness Can Prevent Eye Disease

Physical fitness may lower the risk of developing the vision-devastating eye disease glaucoma, according to a long-term study of the relationship between physical activity and low ocular perfusion pressure (OPP), a key risk factor." That's the lead of a post on DigitalJournal. "A scientific paper detailing the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study's findings that physical exercise appeared to ward off glaucoma by reducing the risk of low OPP, a condition that relates to high intraocular pressure (IOP), the main cause of glaucoma, has been published in the Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science journal, ScienceDaily reported." Read more.