Glaucoma

Latest News
• Study Links Glaucoma Risk to Socioeconomic Status (03/16/2001, Reuters)
• FDA Clears Two Glaucoma Drugs (03/16/2001, Associated Press)
• FDA Approves Two New Intraocular Pressure Lowering Drugs for the Management of Glaucoma (03/16/2001, Food and Drug Administration)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Don't Lose Sight of Glaucoma: Information for People at Risk (National Eye Institute)
• Glaucoma: Information for Patients (National Eye Institute)

General/Overviews

• About Glaucoma (Glaucoma Foundation)
• One Million at Risk for Losing Their Vision: Are You One of Them? (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Understanding & Living with Glaucoma: A Reference Guide for People with Glaucoma and Their Families (Glaucoma Research Foundation) - links to PDF file

Alternative Therapy

• Alternative Medicine: Hype or Science? (Glaucoma Research Foundation)
• Complementary Therapy Assessment: Marijuana in the Treatment of Glaucoma (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Use of Marijuana for Glaucoma (National Eye Institute)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Glaucoma (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Glaucoma (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Pictures/Diagrams

• Progression of Open-Angle Glaucoma Through the Eyes of a Patient (American Health Assistance Foundation)

Prevention/Screening

• Examination for Glaucoma (American Academy of Ophthalmology)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Elevated Risk of Glaucoma Among African Americans (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Facts About Open-Angle Glaucoma (National Eye Institute)
• Glaucoma and African-Americans (Glaucoma Research Foundation)
• Types of Glaucoma (Glaucoma Foundation)
• Types of Glaucoma (American Academy of Ophthalmology)

Treatment

• Blacks, Whites Benefit from Different Surgical Glaucoma Treatments (National Eye Institute)
• FDA Approves Two New Intraocular Pressure Lowering Drugs for the Management of Glaucoma (Food and Drug Administration)
• Surgery For Glaucoma (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Treating Glaucoma (Glaucoma Foundation)
• Using Glaucoma Eyedrops (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Directories

• Services Center: Directory of Services for Blind and Visually Impaired (American Foundation for the Blind)

Organizations

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Glaucoma Foundation
• Glaucoma Research Foundation
• National Eye Institute

Statistics

• Glaucoma Statistics (Glaucoma Research Foundation)

Children

• Childhood Glaucoma (Glaucoma Research Foundation) - links to PDF file

Seniors

• Age-Related Eye Disease Doesn't Have to Steal Your Sight (National Institutes of Health)

Espaņol/Spanish

• Como Compreder y Vivir con Glaucoma (Glaucoma Research Foundation) - links to PDF file
• Glaucoma Infantil (Glaucoma Research Foundation) - links to PDF file