![An image of reading glasses and a reading chart](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-09/Christine%27s%20Story%20%28740%20%C3%97%20444px%29.png)
My sister, who is four years older than I am, went to her local hospital, the Queen Elizabeth in Glasgow, Scotland.
![Image of a woman with African heritage smiling](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-09/Ethnicity%20Study%20740x444%20%281%29.png)
A recent study from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai showed that being of African heritage increased the risk of vision loss due to glaucoma.
![Inage of woman suffering from a migraine with her hands on her temples](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-09/Migraine%20Study%20740x444.png)
An invited review of the available literature on migraine and its impact on testing for glaucoma was published in 2016.
![Image of Lei](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-09/Lei%27s%20Story%20%28740%20%C3%97%20444px%29%20%281%29.png)
I had suffered migraines for years on and off but then started feeling like my eyes were wanting to explode, like there was a heaviness to them and a lot of pressure.
![WAB State Treasurer Nadene Jericho (L) and State President Narelle Brooksby preparing to present donation to Glaucoma Australia at AGM at Mannum on Saturday 6, August 2022.](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-08/WAB%20Teaser%20740x444.png)
It was a pleasure for Glaucoma Australia’s CEO, Richard Wylie, to attend the Women in Business and Agriculture SA Inc (WAB) annual general meeting.
![Dr Ondrejka (right) performs a canaloplasty procedure with the new iTrack Advance device. During the withdrawal of the microcatheter, the scrub nurse (left) titrates the ViscoInjector viscoelastic delivery device to deliver a custom volume of OVD, based on the patient’s pathology.](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-08/iTrack%20Teaser%20740x444.png)
The first patient has been enrolled in a prospective, randomised, multicentre study to investigate canaloplasty with the new iTrack Advance CATALYST Study.
![A close up image of an eye](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-08/High-Tech%20Imaging%20740x444.png)
A recent study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai has found that a new,
high-tech imaging method may be able to detect early signs of glaucoma and therefore effectively prevent the onset of irreversible vision loss.
![Image of three family members holding hands walking in nature](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-08/Family%20Image%20%20%28740%20%C3%97%20444px%29.png)
Early detection is one of the best defences you can have against glaucoma and so, knowing your family’s history is essential in determining whether you may be at risk.
![Image of Mariya smiling](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-08/Mariya%20740x444.png)
I was diagnosed a few years ago, not too long ago, but it´s a few years now. At first it wasn´t a definite diagnosis, just a "possible". I wanted it to be a mistake, to be something else, something fixable.