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Apr 2022
Recharging Glaucoma Research

Scientists are examining key elements of the complex transport system that moves important molecules between the retina and the brain via the optic nerve…

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Apr 2022
Preparing for your Appointment

Glaucoma is a lifelong condition, so you need to be comfortable with everyone in your support network and feel confident about the decisions made regarding your eye health...

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Apr 2022
If Only…Reflections of a Patient with Advanced Glaucoma

To Mr Davis, who at the time knew nothing about glaucoma and was completely asymptomatic, the next few moments were impossible to wrap his mind around...

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Apr 2022
Sleep Apnoea: A Risk Factor for Glaucoma?

The question of whether sleep apnoea is a risk factor for glaucoma was recently debated in a session at the 2021 World Glaucoma Congress...

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Apr 2022
Tailoring Treatment for Compliance Success

There are multiple barriers to compliance, with one study finding 71 different barriers. These barriers may be divided into regimen factors, i.e., the cost, complexity, availability and side effects...

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Apr 2022
Eleanor's Story

Whilst on holiday to Cairns in 1995, and trying to play tennis with my children, we noticed that I quite often could not see the ball to hit it back. I then noticed that I also had a problem with steps...

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Apr 2022
Alek's Story

I was around 17 years old when I noticed my vision was getting clouded in the right eye, but this was for only short periods and regularly cleared up, so I didn’t make much of it at the time...

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Apr 2022
Study Confirms Pressure on Childhood Glaucoma Parents

Despite increasingly advanced treatments and early intervention, parents and carers, some of whom have been diagnosed with genetic glaucoma themselves, face significant long-term challenges...

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Mar 2022
The Future of Glaucoma Detection and Monitoring: Part 2

Dr Georgie Hollitt is part of a team of Australian researchers who have identified 107 genes that increase the risk of glaucoma...

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