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July 22, 2023
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VIDEO: Lifestyle interventions may be beneficial for patients with glaucoma

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Key takeaways:

  • Sarah H. Van Tassel, MD, discusses lifestyle interventions for patients with glaucoma.
  • Interventions may focus on exercise, stress relief, dietary intake, sleep and smoking.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In a presentation at Kiawah Eye, Sarah H. Van Tassel, MD, discusses lifestyle interventions that ophthalmologists should encourage in their patients with glaucoma.

“We are really entering an era where there is actually literature to back up some of these lifestyle interventions as adjuvant therapies,” she said.