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Ophthalmologists say findings emphasize the importance of adhering to medication regimens

Office procedure reduced visual field loss by 29% over 6 years versus eye drops

Study adds leg and ankle fractures, intracranial hemorrhage to evidence on falls, hip fracture

History of injections tied to multiple postop complications, but data open to questioning

Black adults roughly twice as likely as white adults to be affected

Patients without recent vision exams were diagnosed with glaucoma, cataracts

In contrast, a larger but less diverse study found cholesterol-lowering drugs protective

Furthermore, re-operations, bleb needling were needed in 28% and 18% of patients

Meanwhile, tobacco/alcohol use had no significant links to changes in retinal nerve fiber layer

Risk scores may allow action before irreversible damage occurs in those with ocular hypertension

"There's no place where people did better" in response to prompts about glaucoma, retinal health

OCT or other high-tech metrics not needed to assess progression of primary angle-closure suspect

Patients with cataracts, AMD, or glaucoma had 25% to 38% higher adjusted risks vs controls

Patients with hemifacial spasm and glaucoma need eye follow-up after injection