New Year Rings in Glaucoma Awareness Month, Warning of a Glaucoma Epidemic on Horizon

In case you missed it before Christmas,"January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, an important time to spread the word about this sight-stealing disease," announced the Glaucoma Research Foundation. "Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Moreover, among African American and Latino populations, glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness...Over 4 million Americans, and nearly 70 million people worldwide, have glaucoma. Experts estimate that half of them don’t know they have it. Combined with our aging population, we can see an epidemic of blindness looming if we don’t raise awareness." Read more.

New Finding about Underlying Causes of Glaucoma

"The Glaucoma Research Foundation ... announced that novel new findings about the underlying cause of glaucoma have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences," according to a post on MedicalNewsToday.