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Article: Eye Drops Can Help Delay Developing Glaucoma
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- Sacramento Observer
- Article date:
- June 26, 2002
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Sacramento Observer
06-26-2002
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Research conducted at UC Davis Medical Center and 21 other leading clinical
centers in the United States shows that eye drops used to treat elevated
pressure inside the eye can be effective in delaying the onset of glaucoma.
These results mean that people at higher risk for developing glaucoma may
delay ^ and possibly prevent - the disease by using prescribed drops. These
findings are reported in the June 2002 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
The researchers found that pressure-lowering eye drops reduced by more than
50 percent the development of primary open-angle glaucoma, the most ...
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