Expert Advice

Tips, insights, and expert advice to help you manage brain and eye disease.

Our tools will help you understand and manage symptoms, treatment, and prevention of these diseases.

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Learn about the medication, laser, and surgical options for the treatment of closed-angle glaucoma.

Aug 17, 2021
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Learn about uveitis: symptoms associated with this eye condition, treatment options, and how it is related to glaucoma.

Aug 16, 2021
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Learn why vitrectomy may impact eye pressure, so that you can talk with your eye doctor about the risks and benefits of this surgery.

Aug 13, 2021

Learn about several recently approved glaucoma medications and innovative methods to deliver these drugs into the eye.

Aug 13, 2021
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Choosing the “best” ophthalmologist for glaucoma surgery can be a daunting task. In this article, an ophthalmologist outlines the steps she would take in order to identify a surgeon for herself or family member.

Aug 11, 2021
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Primary angle-closure glaucoma is the second most common form of glaucoma. Read about what it is, treatments, risk factors & more.

Aug 11, 2021
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Normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) is characterized by damage to the optic nerve and normal eye pressure that does not exceed 21 mmHg. Learn about the symptoms and treatment for low-tension or normal-pressure glaucoma.

Aug 6, 2021
National Glaucoma Research

Learn about two new medications that were approved by the FDA in late 2017, and why they are so exciting to patients and ophthalmologists alike.

Jul 15, 2021

Learn about one of the factors that contributes to glaucoma risk.

Jul 15, 2021
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Learn why open-angle glaucoma rarely causes noticeable symptoms in the early stages of the disease, and why that is a problem. Learn who is at risk.

Jul 15, 2021