Skip to main content
Image of visual field test machine in clinic
Jul 2021
Karyn’s Story
I enjoy getting the Glaucoma Newsletter in the mail, and I regularly give a donation, as it is helping myself and others with glaucoma...
Click this to read more.
Image of Professor Jamie Craig
Jul 2021
New Test 15 x Better for High Risk Glaucoma Detection
A new genetic test, performed on a blood or saliva sample, has the ability to identify 15 times more people at high risk of glaucoma than an existing genetic test...
Click this to read more.
Image of Dr Flora Hui
Jun 2021
Glaucoma Australia Quinlivan Grant Update
The TArgeting Metabolic INsufficiency in Glaucoma with nicotinamide (TAMING) trial is a world-first randomised-controlled clinical trial to be conducted in partnership with Glaucoma Australia and the Centre for Eye Research Australia...
Click this to read more.
Image of elderly man having eye drops administered by nurse
Jun 2021
Fixed Dose Combination Eye Drops for Glaucoma Treatment
While it is incurable, glaucoma is eminently treatable. Its progressive damage to the vision can be slowed to a crawl or stopped altogether by adequate treatment...
Click this to read more.
Image of 75 year old man in glasses with greenery in background
Jun 2021
Brian’s Story
My grandmother lived the last years of her life blind, and my doctor said it was probably glaucoma, as it was not known at that time...
Click this to read more.
Composite Image of man with glasses, male hands writing a letter and a plane touching down on a runway
Jun 2021
Vivian’s Story
I was diagnosed with glaucoma in my left eye in 1994, shortly after I had arrived in Australia from South Africa...
Click this to read more.
Image of scientist in lab
Jun 2021
2021 'Quinlivan’ Research Grant Applications Open
Applications for the annual Glaucoma Australia ‘Quinlivan’ Research Grants are now open
Click this to read more.
Laptop on a table with the Glaucoma Australia website on it. Also on the white table are plants, 2 caps, a green apple, a black pen and on the wall behind the table are 3 post-it notes, one green, one blue, one yellow.
Jun 2021
A day in the life of an Orthoptist Educator – Through my eyes
As a Senior Patient Educator at Glaucoma Australia, the purpose of my role is to provide education and support to our community affected by glaucoma.
Click this to read more.
Image of a grandmother, mother, and daughter looking through family albums.
Jun 2021
Glaucoma Australia TARRGET Report 2021
The Targeting At Risk Relatives of Glaucoma patients for Early diagnosis and Treatment (TARRGET) study is a partnership project between Glaucoma Australia, ANZRAG based at Flinders University and the Lions Eye Institute.
Click this to read more.