Maintenance of ideal body weight is vital for averting several ailments and according to a novel Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary or MEEI research finding, in case of POAG or primary open-angle glaucoma, one of the prevalent aging-linked eye conditions, the representation might be more multifarious. A large-scaled cohort MEEI trial, carried out spanning over two decades, noted that increased body weight (particularly, BMI or body mass index) is not linked to greater risk for primary open-angle glaucoma. Factually, the study has shown that among females, higher body mass index is notably associated with lowered risk for a variation of primary open-angle glaucoma called as normal tension glaucoma or NTG. Helming the trial, Doctor Louis Pasquale stated that physicians as well as patients must  [...] 

Chronic glaucoma or POAG or primary open angle glaucoma is mostly known as the ‘the sly robber of eyesight’ as one has no caveat signs, no pains or clues about something not right. Nearly half the U.S. populace having chronic glaucoma are unaware of its presence. An imbalanced production and draining of aqueous humor (clear fluid) which packs the anterior chamber of the eye causes open angle glaucoma. This could develop due to ciliary body manufacturing excessive aqueous or due to blockage in the drainage channels or trabecular meshwork present in the eye’s anterior chamber leading to elevation in IOP (internal eye pressure). Due to IOP increasing, resultant pressure would push further against the optic nerve’s fibres that convey images to the brain. A surge in pressure decreases blood  [...] 

Head author, Chenxu Yu, Ph.D helming a latest study reported the findings about inching nearer to a test which could positively transform the manner in which symptoms of glaucoma are diagnosed. Glaucoma is the second prevalent reason for eyesight failure and sightlessness affecting seventy million individuals globally inclusive of two million in the U.S. It is a collection of eye disorders which could harm the optic nerve that conveys optical information to the brain from the eyes. It generally is the result of fluid pressure building up over spans of time that exerts pressure on the optic nerve leading to its damage. Vision damage occurs with no apparent caveat signs that could caution the person into visiting a physician. It is not curable and leads to irretrievable vision loss. Physicians  [...] 

Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) investigators have inched nearer towards decoding a principal reason for sightlessness in the U.S. – glaucoma. During the course of a latest study, David Calkins, Ph.D, helming Research area, VEI, uncovered that the preliminary symptoms of glaucoma injury essentially takes place in the brain. Glaucoma is usually deemed condition of the eye wherein sensitiveness to ocular pressure leads to retinal and optic nerve harm, that are constituents of the CNS (central nervous system) and do not rejuvenate. The inception of harm is in the peripheral ocular field and progressing steadily towards the core leading to total sightlessness until diagnosed early on. Due to this reason, deterioration in glaucoma is mostly tricky to identify. The outcomes of the latest trials  [...]