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The Yomiuri Shimbun A medicine designed for treating Alzheimer's patients has been found to work for treating glaucoma, according to a research group at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. The finding may lead to preventing the loss of eyesight due to glaucoma. The report was to be carried in the online...
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Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy in which retinal ganglion cells die probably through an apoptotic process. Apoptosis is known to involve free radicals in several systems including the retina. In this context, the aim of the present work was to analyze retinal oxidative damage in rats with glaucoma induced...
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In my first true 24-hour eye pressure monitoring period, where supine eye pressure measurements were taken, I found out that my eye pressure is much higher at night than expected. I also found out that my blood pressure is much lower. That's a bad combination of pressures for the health of the optic...
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Filed under: Eye Pressure, Xalatan, Timoptic, lifestyle, Emotions, Glaucoma, sleep, oral care, optic nerve, postural changes, stress
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My doctors are responsible for the real intrepretation of my Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT-II) results. However, being a curious person, I like to understand the results myself. This blog post is my attempt to share what little I know about HRT results so far. I have made my HRT-II results from 2006...
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Glaucoma Adapted from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can damage the eye's optic nerve and result in vision loss and blindness. The most common forms of...
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It's Good to be Suspicious This unusual case stresses the importance of glaucoma screening. by Jerry Sherman, O.D., F.A.A.O. with Jeffrey Roth, O.D. and Herminder Boparai, O.D. What's the likelihood of a scientist, who has devoted much of his career to studying glaucoma in rats, suffering substantive...
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I wonder if it is possible to guess about the rate of progression of my optic nerve damage (in my right eye) using my existing test results. Unfortunately, over the last 2.5 years since my diagnosis, my optic nerve analyses have not all been performed with the same instruments. However, given the available...
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These are my HRT results from today, 19-January-2007. This test was performed with an HRT-II, which is the same model used for my HRT test in 2006 . However, today's tests were done by a different doctor (and different HRT operator) -- in fact, they were done in a different country. Upon a quick examination...
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By Y. Yücel http://www.glaucom.com/Supplement/MFG2006/Session4.php#neuro Retinal ganglion cell death is the pathologic correlate of glaucomatous damage. As 90% of RGCs project to the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), there is a good reason for believing that this damage extends from RGCs to vision centers...
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Here are my GDx-VCC test results: GDx Click the thumbnail image to view the full size image. Copyright notice - Copyright (C) 2007 FitEyes.com. Do not use these images without my permission. These are the numbers from the above GDx report: Right Left TSNIT Average 26.27 37.78 Superior Average 31.78 51...
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Make sure your GDx tests are performed under similar conditions in regard to any medications that affect your pupil size. Influence of Pupillary Diameter, Ciliary Muscle Tone, and Ambient Light on Nerve Fiber Layer Measurements With Scanning Laser Polarimetry Paranhos A Jr, Silvestre AM, Passerotti CC...
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A whole new approach to thinking about glaucoma therapy, says Joan Miller, MD, chief of Ophthalmology at the MEEI ... Blocking TNF-alpha function may have a benefit as a neuroprotective treatment ... Tue Dec 5 2006 Research Suggests New Treatment Approaches for Glaucoma; Experiments Show How Increased...
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A friend referred me to a new ophthalmologist who lives in another city. I corresponded with this new ophthalmologist via email. I am not replacing my current ophthalmologists, merely seeking additional input on specific issues where experts are few and far between. However, I guess many facts did not...
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These are my HRT results from 2-January-2006 . Look for my next HRT results around the end of January 2007. This test was performed with an HRT-II. The HRT is a Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (also called scanning laser tomograph). It is made by Heidelberg Engineering, a German company. The results show...
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Here are my GDx results for today. At this time I cannot obtain these GDx results in color. Left eye Right eye Click the thumbnail images to view full size images.