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Article: Study shows eye drops can delay, prevent glaucoma in blacks.(Noteworthy News)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- July 15, 2004
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
University of California-Davis ophthalmologists and other researchers around the country have found that pressure-lowering eye drops can delay or possibly prevent the onset of glaucoma in almost 50 percent of African Americans who are at higher risk for developing the disease.
The findings are based on a study conducted at 22 clinical centers, in which UC Davis played a prominent role both by providing the largest group of participants and serving as one of the centralized reading centers for testing in this $30 million study. The results are reported in this month's issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
"Our research confirmed ...