According to the World Health Organization, tobacco use kills more than five million people per year, and is responsible for one out of every ten adult deaths. It is the single largest preventable cause of disease and death. While most people are aware of the strong causal relationship between smoking and lung cancer or heart […]

If you suffer from sleep apnea, several studies suggest that you may be at higher risk of developing a number of vision-related diseases, including glaucoma. Although there is a clear link between sleep apnea and glaucoma, the amount of risk is not quite clear — nor is the particular reason for it. What is clear, […]

Unfortunately, glaucoma has no early warning signs, and many affected patients are unaware they have the disease until it has advanced. Once people have lost vision from glaucoma, it cannot be regained. However, early detection and timely treatment helps save the vision of thousands of people each year.” Glaucoma affects about 2.2 million Americans age […]