Researchers have developed contact lenses with embedded sensors that measure the pressure inside the eye and send the information to an ophthalmologist for evaluation. It’s hoped that the lens will ...

Sleeping without pillows may help lower high internal eye pressure, the build-up of which causes optic nerve damage and ...

According to the World Health Organization, more than 50% of the over 76 million people who have glaucoma, a progressive eye diseases that permanently damages the optic nerve, are undiagnosed. And the ...

Lying on pillows with the neck at an angle may compress the jugular vein, which takes blood from the head back to the heart ...

There’s a new device to help doctors treat glaucoma patients more accurately. Often associated with increased pressure of fluid in the eye, glaucoma is a disease in which the optic nerve is damaged, ...

What makes glaucoma especially dangerous is its lack of early symptoms. A doctor explains why screening matters.