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Who has a higher risk for glaucoma?

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Glaucoma Aging is one of the risk factors for glaucoma and every birthday make you at higher risk for the disease. Unfortunately, the older you are over 65, the higher your risk for this disease. It affects over 3 million Americans, and it is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States. Fortunately, if […]

True or False: Everyone Knows What Glaucoma Is

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Everyone knows what glaucoma is. – That is FALSE – A Prevent Blindness America Survey found that 50% had heard of glaucoma, but weren’t sure what it was. Another 30% of people had never even heard of glaucoma. The ones that had heard of glaucoma thought it was easily cured and did not lead to […]