Glaucoma News

Quality of life with glaucoma can be affected not only by vision loss, but also by less tangible factors such as the burden of daily drops or an increase in fear and anxiety.

AbbVie and iSTAR Medical have entered into a strategic alliance to develop and commercialize the MINIject minimally invasive glaucoma surgical device for patients with glaucoma, according to a press release.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Priya Narang, MS, speaks on visual field testing using the Advanced Vision Analyzer from Elisar Vision Technology.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, John P. Berdahl, MD, encourages surgeons to consider MIGS as an option for their patients with glaucoma.

Once-daily fixed combination bimatoprost, timolol and brimonidine more effectively reduced peak IOP compared with a twice-daily regimen in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a study in the Journal of Glaucoma.

Patterns of visual field damage vary depending on whether a patient with advanced glaucoma has primary open-angle glaucoma or normal tension glaucoma, according to a study in the Journal of Glaucoma.

Both structural changes and hemodynamic factors affected central visual function in patients with myopic glaucoma, according to a study in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

Despite greater severity at presentation, Black patients had less frequent glaucoma monitoring and greater progression of disease compared with white patients, according to a study in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Xenon-VR is launching a medical grade virtual reality headset, Xenon-1, to improve visual field assessments for optometrists and their patients, according to a press release from the company.

Statin use was not found to be a protective strategy against glaucoma or related traits of glaucoma, according to a cross-sectional study in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.