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A popular class of diabetes medications called GLP-1R agonists (Trulicity and Rybelsus) may also protect against glaucoma in diabetic patients, according to a new study...

Over the last 30 years, the number of papers published annually that pertain to glaucoma genetics has risen greatly. This explosion of our understanding of genes involved in glaucoma has implications for people with glaucoma and their families...

I continue to have 6 monthly checks, and so far am not too impacted with vision problems. My family are aware of the hereditary “trait”...

RANZCO has joined other specialist medical colleges across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia in welcoming the temporary postponement of all non-urgent elective surgery...

My children are very aware of my condition and know that they must have regular eye tests, especially the peripheral tests...

It’s very different to go from reading about the disease in a textbook, to seeing how it changes people’s lives.

For patients with glaucoma, the ability to detect any changes in their peripheral vision (visual field) is critical to their management...

My mum was diagnosed with glaucoma when I was very young, and by the time she was 80 years old, she was legally blind...

In my forties, I began to need help with reading in poor light and fine print. I had my eyes tested and acquired reading glasses...