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Disturbed sleep, including snoring, is a common problem. However, snoring may be a symptom of a more severe condition, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). In OSA, airflow is completely or partially obstructed for a period of time...

Glaucoma can present in anyone – whether your family members had it or not. However, it wasn’t until the mid-1990s that scientists realised glaucoma is commonly an inherited disease...

Swimming goggles form a tight space around our eyes and an individual’s IOP may increase. The tighter the goggles, or the smaller they are relative to the eyes, the more likely the swimming goggles will increase IOP...

While glaucoma seems to be a problem that only affects your eye, there are some health conditions that are more common in people with glaucoma...

One of our body’s natural responses to stress, whether physical or psychological, is the release of cortisol – a steroid that is part of our fight or flight response...

Exercise is good for our overall health, including eye health. Several studies have also confirmed that people who are more physically active tend to have a lower risk of developing glaucoma. But does the type of exercise matter and, if so, which exercise is the best?

Many people think that myopia (short-sightedness) is a harmless condition that simply requires wearing glasses or undergoing laser surgery to help with eyesight...

Our Senior Patient Educator, Sapna Nand is nominated for a Westfield Local Hero award!

Analysis of 120,000 records held on the UK Biobank, a large-scale population-based biomedical database, has shed light on the role of genetics and diet in glaucoma...