The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given reasons why more than one billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment. According to the first World report on vision issued by the (WHO), the reasons are because they do not get the care they need for conditions like short and farsightedness, glaucoma and cataract.

A Professor of Ophthalmology, Adebukola Oshintelu, says regular intake of African native nut, bitter kola, helps to treat and manage glaucoma disease. Oshintelu, who works with Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Lagos. NAN reports that glaucoma is a condition…

To mark World Glaucoma Week, medical experts have advised Nigerians to go for regular eye test, as early detection is key to reducing the advancement of glaucoma and symptomless glaucoma.

As part of its ongoing efforts and collaborations to raise awareness on glaucoma and improve access to quality care and management of the eye disease in Nigeria, the Eye Foundation Hospital Group organized a 3rd Biennial ....

Dr Progress Oyegbeda, the Chief Medical Director of Clear Vision Eye Clinic, Benin, says glaucoma may lead to blindness, if not treated.

A derivative of the turmeric could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London, United Kingdom (UK), researchers. In the new Scientific Reports paper, the researchers report a new method to deliver curcumin, extracted from the yellow…

A derivative of the turmeric could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London, United Kingdom (UK), researchers. In the new Scientific Reports paper, the researchers report a new method to deliver curcumin, extracted from the yellow…

The World Health Organisation estimates that over 39 million people are blind and another 246 million people are suffering from low vision. Glaucoma, a group of related eye diseases that damage the optic nerve, is one of the main causes of blindness around the world. In the eye, there is a clear fluid which passes…

A low-carb diet favored by celebrities could prevent glaucoma - one of the leading causes of blindness - according to new research.

Dr Charles Omale, a consultant ophthalmologist, has attributed blindness due to glaucoma in Nigeria to 15.7 percent among individuals above 40 years. Omale, who is also the Managing Director, Fortress Eye Hospital, Wuse Zone 1, Abuja, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the figure was alarming. According to him, the disease…

As Nigerians joined the rest of the world in celebrating the 2018 World Glaucoma Week (WGW), ophthalmologists have advised Nigerians to undertake regular eye examination for early detection of the eye disease, especially those with family history of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. They said early detection through regular and complete eye examination, is…

Drinking a cup of hot tea at least once a day may be linked to a significantly lower risk of developing the serious eye condition, glaucoma, finds a small study published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.